Leidos
Junior Software Engineer
Mitchellville, Maryland · Junior
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About the role
- Description Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?
- We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing real-time signal processing algorithms on GPUs.
Responsibilities
- Contributing to design and development of advanced systems as a part of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Build software products that utilize third party mathematics and communication libraries
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
- 3+ years of software development experience, including strong experience in C/C++ software development
- Experience with NVIDIA development and profiling tools and libraries
- Experience using version control (Subversion, GIT, etc.) and continuous integration software tools
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. (U.S. Citizenship is required)
Compensation
- Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00
- The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
- Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025.
- Pay and Benefits
- That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.
- Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.
Benefits
- These teams are made up of other software team members and subject matter experts from the areas of systems engineering, hardware, firmware, machine learning, RF front end design, and signal processing.
Company info
- Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.
- Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
- We are currently looking to add a Junior Software Engineer to our team in Bowie Maryland.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizenship is required)
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