Group Lead, Software Engineering Group Lead
Rockwall, Texas
Job ID 12784Overview
On the L3Harris team, your job is to secure the world. We don’t work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: We work here because we know what – and who – we’re protecting. From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform – we’re making the world a safer place. Working in Software with L3Harris you'll join our team of qualified, diverse individuals and work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, global scope, and a collaborative team setting.
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I love my job because every day there’s a new problem to tackle, a new skill to learn and an awesome team that has my back.
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L3Harris Work Perks
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Health
- Medical with a High Deductible and traditional PPO plan options, as well as, vision and a full array of supplemental health benefits
- A doctors' service to help with referrals and second opinions for you, your family, and parents
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Family
- 4 weeks of paid parental leave for moms and dads
- Fertility treatment
- Subsidized backup childcare and eldercare
- Adoption assistance - $5,000 per adoption/$15,000 per employee
- Pet insurance
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Well-Being
- No cap to your PTO time (for exempt employees)
- Dress for your day - wear what works for you at work
- Legal plan for you, your family, and parents
- Discount platform
Job Description
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Group Lead, Software Engineer / Developer
Job Code: 12784
Job Location: Rockwall, TX
Job Description:
As a Software Engineering Group Lead, you will work with an advanced agile team creating and updating cloud-native software to drive data transformation and intelligence automation for those protecting our nation. Our multi-discipline teams work in concert with end users, the fielding team, and collaborative advanced systems to transform the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ecosystem into a truly distributed and efficient solution set across the DoD.
The ComCept business is a part of L3Harris’ Space Superiority Group and specializes in creating scalable and intelligent systems for US Government customers.
Essential Functions:
- NOTE: This position is approximately 20% Management, 80% technical deveoper.
- Manage a small team of 5-8 Software Engineers, staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, planning and training employees. Coach, counsel, monitor, and appraise staff performance.
- As a subject matter expert, provide technical leadership, assistance, and mentorship to junior team members
- Design, develop, and test software applications in a high-performance computing environment
- Optimize code for performance, scalability, and efficiency
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate software components into a fully functional software system
- Debug and troubleshoot software systems to identify and fix performance bottlenecks
- Implement and adhere to best practices in secure coding to protect sensitive data
- Assist with quality assurance procedures, including code reviews and performance testing
- Document software and keep detailed records of code changes and revisions
- Ability to obtain and maintain any additional clearances as required
- Physical Requirements: Ability to lift up to 10 lbs.
- Knowledgeable in the full software development lifecycle from requirements elicitation to deployment
- Use meticulous organization of open software tasks
- Thorough understanding of software engineering principles and industry best practices, including Agile development
- Familiar with source code repositories such as GitLab, etc.
- Familiar with agile development and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc.
- Knowledgeable with UML design
- Use Microsoft Office products
- Up to 10% travel may be required
Qualifications:
- Active DoD Top Secret or TS/SCI Clearance.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Current CompTIA Security+ Certification or willing to obtain within 60 days of hire
- 7-9 years of experience in software development with a focus on C/C++, C#, or Java programming and high-performance computing
- 5 years experience with C/C++, C#, Java, Python, or Go programming languages
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Containerization Technologies (Kubernetes, RKE-2, K3S, Docker Compose, Docker, Containerd, Podman)
- Helm (Kubernetes Package Manager)
- Operating Systems (e.g., Rocky Linux, RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
- Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.