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Lead Software Engineer

Haystack
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 6/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/27/2026
We're hiring on behalf of a Haystack partner!

The Role

  • Lead the design, development, and sustainment of health and status monitoring applications.
  • Support advanced technology radar programs including development of software for high-speed data acquisition, distribution, and real-time processing.
  • Integrate COTS and custom technologies into prototype sensor systems.
  • Conduct field testing of RF sensors and systems and deploy advanced sensor systems.
  • Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers.
  • Guide architectural decisions, oversee implementation of scalable monitoring frameworks, and investigate and develop framework modifications to improve performance, reliability, and observability across radar programs.

What You'll Need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 4–8 years of software development experience, including technical leadership.
  • Proven experience leading software engineering teams, including tasking, mentoring, code reviews, configuration management, and driving technical execution.
  • Strong teamwork skills and expertise in Modern C development and Real-time Linux and device driver development.
  • Experience with ZeroMQ messaging and pub/sub frameworks, and higher-level user application development (health/status monitoring or visualization tools).
  • Knowledge of containerization, cloud-architecture, and networking.
  • Must be a US Citizen and possess (as well as maintain) a Final Secret Clearance.

What's On Offer

  • Opportunity to make an impact on complex sensor and radar-oriented problems.
  • Work within a diverse team creating unique solutions.
  • Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Apply via Haystack today!

Salary : $87,100 - $157,450

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