Embedded Software Engineer II
Leonardo DRS, Inc. · Melbourne, FL
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Jun 29, 2026
Melbourne, FL
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Mid level · 2+ years · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $131,760 (middle half $101,910–$163,040).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The 'II' in the title 'Embedded Software Engineer II' is treated as a Mid-level designation, consistent with the 2-year minimum experience requirement.
Degree requirement is marked None because the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent combination of education and experience' in lieu of a formal degree.
The clearance gate states 'active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time.' The JD does not specify a clearance level; Secret is the most common baseline DOD clearance for defense embedded roles — this is a judgement call and the actual level may differ.
The bare-metal/FreeRTOS/Embedded Linux requirement is structured as 'one or more of the following,' so these are treated as interchangeable alternatives satisfying a single hard gate rather than three separate requirements.
GitLab, JIRA, and Confluence appear under Required Qualifications framed as 'familiarity with … tools such as,' which carries a substitution qualifier; however, they are listed in the required section and are treated as hard gates per policy, with the qualifier indicating interchangeability rather than optionality.
AMD/Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and MicroBlaze are mentioned in the responsibilities section as context for the role's target platforms, but appear again under Preferred Qualifications — they are marked preferred accordingly.
FreeRTOS is listed separately as a preferred skill because it appears explicitly under Preferred Qualifications (via the video/imaging/real-time embedded applications bullet) in addition to being an alternative in the required environments gate.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Bare-Metal embedded development, AMD/Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.
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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