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Software Engineering Development Lead - EW&C

MAG Aerospace
Hanover, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 8/17/2025 CLOSED ON 12/19/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineering Development Lead - EW&C position at MAG Aerospace?

Position Summary

MAG Aerospace is seeking a Software Engineering Development Lead to support the U.S. Army Electronic Warfare & Cyber Program in Hanover, MD! This role is an opportunity to contribute to the newly established PM Cyber & Space division and participate in the expanding Cyber Infrastructure Product Office. As the Software Engineering Development Lead, you will oversee essential functions in offensive cyber operations, manage capability development, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders. Join us in shaping the future of cyber technology!

 

 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with system users, requirements owners, and developmental contractors to translate operational requirements into software requirements, designs, and implementations
  • Participates in planning, coordinating, scheduling, directing, and controlling engineering and technical support activities applicable to software development and integration of software tools/capabilities onto a variety of execution platforms
  • Participates in the development and execution of software and system test strategies
  • Reviews and assesses developmental contractor software code to ensure compliance with government-provided coding and cybersecurity standards
  • Participates in government oversight of contractor software development activities, to include as a supporting team member in agile development paradigm activities (e.g., scrums, sprint retrospectives)
  • Developing software acceptance criteria and generating recommendations to the government Assistant Product Manager regarding development, development planning, development/test automation tools, requirements prioritization, test, evaluation, cross-system integration, fielding/delivery, and post-delivery support of software-based systems
  • Provides integrated, multi-disciplinary solution recommendations for resolution of technical problems

 

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Excellent organizational, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Familiar with DoD 5000 acquisition lifecycle processes
  • Familiarity with Application Programming Interfaces

Requirements

  • Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility
  • 10 or more years’ experience in software development.
  • 3 or more years experience managing software development teams
  • 3 or more years in Cyber or C4ISR
  • Masters Degree in Engineering or IT – OR – Bachelors Degree in IT related field with an additional 4 years additional experience – OR – 8 years additional experience with no degree
  • Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework)
  • Experience with DevOps tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git)
  • Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Experience with Unix-based (e.g. RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.) and Windows Operating Systems
  • Experience with Ansible Playbooks
  • Experience with Python and/or Java development

Special Note

The position is contingent upon candidate’s ability to meet physical and medical requirements as needed by the position; including compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local jurisdictional requirements. This position requires 25% travel to Army and contractor locations within CONUS

 

The salary range for this position is between $190,000 and $250,000.

Benefits and Compensation

At MAG Aerospace, we value your contributions providing our employees with a robust Total Rewards package that supports your total well-being. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in MAG's Total Rewards programs. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits as well as paid leave, professional development, and tuition assistance. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our Total Rewards Program by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site: https://www.magaero.com/benefits/. Salary at MAG Aerospace is determined by various factors including but not limited to location, the particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $190,000.00 to $250,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of MAG's total compensation package for employees.

Salary : $190,000 - $250,000

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