Demo

Software Engineer

Lensa
Redondo Beach, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/6/2026
Lensa is a career site that helps job seekers find great jobs in the US. We are not a staffing firm or agency. Lensa does not hire directly for these jobs, but promotes jobs on LinkedIn on behalf of its direct clients, recruitment ad agencies, and marketing partners. Lensa partners with DirectEmployers to promote this job for Actalent. Clicking "Apply Now" or "Read more" on Lensa redirects you to the job board/employer site. Any information collected there is subject to their terms and privacy notice.

Software Engineering Lead

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Software Engineering Lead to join our Communications Systems Software department. You will work in a fast-paced team environment, contributing to revolutionary systems that impact people's lives globally. This position is based in Redondo Beach, CA, with 50% travel to Woodland Hills, CA, and involves managing the execution, development, integration, and delivery of the Navigation Payload system for the Space Development Agency portfolio of programs.

Responsibilities

  • Direct a team of engineers and coordinate with stakeholders from different sectors and divisions.
  • Effectively drive program execution toward the software delivery schedule.
  • Leverage software development best practices to right-size the needs of the effort, such as configuration management and unit testing.
  • Guide process improvement, especially in configuration management, code quality practices, making optimal tasking assignments, and understanding and documenting the technical baseline and architecture.
  • Decompose requirements and report status and metrics to program leadership.
  • Design, develop, document, test, and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
  • Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product software.
  • Determine overall system and user needs, analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls, prepare operating instructions, and design and develop utility programs.
  • Ensure software standards are met.
  • Design and execute tests to ensure the software's functionality, performance, and reliability.

Essential Skills

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 12 years of software development experience, OR Master's Degree with 10 years of software development experience, OR Ph.D. with 8 years of software development experience.
  • Prior management experience directing a team of software engineers and effectively driving program execution toward the software delivery schedule.
  • Experience guiding process improvement, configuration management, and code quality practices.
  • Experience with VxWorks and Workbench.
  • Strong proficiency in C/C programming.
  • Secret Clearance.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience in Agile process and Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, BitBucket, etc.).
  • Familiarity with the technical baseline of Pointing, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and Global Positioning System (GPS).
  • Experience across various life cycle phases including software systems architecture development, requirements definition and analysis, object-oriented development, code and unit test, system integration, and test.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Comfortable working in a lab environment and on large teams with talented engineers from other engineering disciplines.

Work Environment

The position requires working on-site in Redondo Beach, CA, with 50% travel to Woodland Hills, CA. This role involves working in a lab environment, utilizing technologies such as VxWorks, Wind River Workbench, and various processor, memory, and I/O architectures. The work shift is 1st Shift 9/80A, and the role includes travel requirements.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Redondo Beach, California.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Redondo Beach, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $100.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

  • Medical, dental & vision
  • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
  • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Health Spending Account (HSA)
  • Transportation benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Redondo Beach,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jan 19, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com ( actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.

If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com

Salary : $70 - $100

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Lensa

  • Lensa Sioux, SD
  • Lensa is a career site that helps job seekers find great jobs in the US. We are not a staffing firm or agency. Lensa does not hire directly for these jobs,... more
  • 9 Days Ago

  • Lensa Rutland, VT
  • Lensa is a career site that helps job seekers find great jobs in the US. We are not a staffing firm or agency. Lensa does not hire directly for these jobs,... more
  • 9 Days Ago

  • Lensa Anchorage, AK
  • Lensa is a career site that helps job seekers find great jobs in the US. We are not a staffing firm or agency. Lensa does not hire directly for these jobs,... more
  • 9 Days Ago

  • Lensa Wilmington, DE
  • Lensa is a career site that helps job seekers find great jobs in the US. We are not a staffing firm or agency. Lensa does not hire directly for these jobs,... more
  • 9 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Software Engineer jobs in the Redondo Beach, CA area that may be a better fit.

  • Veracity Software Inc Torrance, CA
  • AWS Data Engineer - Qualtrics Integration Role Type: Contract Location: Torrance, CA / Remote Domain: Enterprise Survey Platform / Qualtrics Primary Stack:... more
  • 1 Month Ago

  • Actalent Long Beach, CA
  • Job Title: Software Engineer Job Description We are seeking a dedicated Software Engineer to join our team in developing and maintaining a Tableau-based Da... more
  • 9 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!