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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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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an 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.

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.

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