Senior Specialist, Software Engineering
L3Harris
Salt Lake City, UT · Posted October 22, 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: 46273
Job Location: Salt Lake City, On-Site
Job Schedule: 9/80; employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Embedded Board Support Package (BSP) Software Engineer - C++ with a background and experience in embedded real-time software development. This position requires an individual to support existing, new and next generation military communications applications. An engineer in this position is responsible for providing responses to bid and proposals, deriving software requirements, creating designs and adding features to current designs and developing applications implementing these requirements.
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.
6+ years embedded software engineering experience
Configuring and patching U-boot and Linux for an embedded system
Configuring the root file system for an embedded system
Linux device trees
Linux boot process on an embedded system
BASH scripting
Significant C++ experience
Preferred Skills:
Experience or familiarity in
PetaLinux
Yocto
VxWorks
Linux driver development
Buildroot
jffs2, UBI, and ubifs
Busybox
Board bring-up / JTAG
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
Experience debugging hardware
Design and implement software for embedded devices from requirements to production using C and C++ in a cross compiled environment
Assess third party and open source software license documentation
Familiarity with code revision management tools such as Git/Bitbucket/Clearcase.
DoD SECRET security clearance or be qualified to obtain one
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