Specialist Software Engineer at L3Harris
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 30, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Board Support Package (BSP) software engineer role at L3Harris focused on embedded real-time software development for military communications systems. Day-to-day work involves configuring and patching U-Boot and Linux for embedded targets, managing root filesystems and device trees, and supporting platform bring-up close to hardware. Suits engineers comfortable working at the intersection of firmware, bootloaders, and embedded Linux.
Mid level · 4+ years · Salt Lake City, UT · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $132,450 (middle half $104,815–$164,275).
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Why we read it this way (7)
The job title 'Specialist, Software Engineering' carries no explicit seniority level word; advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified. The minimum 4-year experience requirement (or 2 years with a graduate degree, or 8 years in lieu of a degree) maps to a Mid-level role.
All skills listed under 'Essential Functions' (U-Boot, Linux, device trees, BASH scripting) are treated as hard gates since they describe the core day-to-day responsibilities. All items under 'Preferred Additional Skills' are marked preferred.
The DoD SECRET clearance requirement is stated as 'DoD SECRET security clearance or be qualified to obtain one' — this is a gate (candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain it).
jffs2, UBI, and ubifs are listed together as a single flash filesystem requirement; jffs2 is used as the canonical name with UBI/ubifs as context for the same storage technology family.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Linux kernel/device drivers.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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