Senior Specialist, Software Engineering
Harris Health Strategic Fund
Palm Bay, FL · Posted October 6, 2026
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About the job
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing 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 is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Senior Specialist, Software Engineering Job Code: 45673 Job Location: Palm Bay, FL Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
L3Harris is seeking Embedded Software Engineers in Palm Bay, FL to work on a dynamic team supporting the design, development, integration, and test of embedded computing systems in support of programs within the Advanced Mission Technologies division. The L3Harris team is developing the most advanced and secure mission architectures across different business areas. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver innovative, reliable, and high-performance embedded software solutions that meet mission and customer requirements.
Essential Functions:
Will work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, and operational performance requirements and design of the overall system.
Software development
C/C++ Software Development using existing tools
Requirements, test, systems architecture, software architecture, and design
Testing tools may include test frameworks in Python
Software Coverage Tools
Development will support L3Harris mission systems integration architecture
Development will support customer deployments
Working on complex systems with a focus on mission computing, memory systems, and/or displays
Ability to work well across multiple engineering disciplines
No immediate travel expected but may require travel to customer site based on program
Ability to obtain Secret Security clearance.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Experience interacting with software development throughout the design cycle including major design reviews and architecture reviews.
Experience with Hardware and Software integration and test
DevSecOps and Test automation experience using Python or similar languages
3+ years of embedded development,
Experience with APIs/BSPs/Drivers, OpenGL, health and status
3 + years’ experience with C++ systems development with understanding of Software/Hardware co-design, distributed systems design, and software/computer architecture.
3 + years’ experience with avionics lifecycle execution.
Experience with embedded security and encryption
Knowledgeable of safety-critical software development / DO-178 B or above industry standards
Working knowledge of Bash/Python, Intel x86/ARM/FPGA/SoC, GPP, GPU, Embedded System Design, Release Engineering, Understanding of Change and Configuration Management, Debug/Trace Analysis, Real-time
Operating Systems like VxWorks/LynxOS/Integrity, SELinux, Software Integration, Test, and Verification/Validation
The ability to understand and work with Network storage as well as an understanding of Gigabit Ethernet or InfiniBand.
A functioning knowledge of authentication schemes from Radius to LDAP.
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