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Specialist, Software Engineering - Real-time Embedded GPS

L3Harris Technologies l3harris.com Open
Yorba Linda Mid-level Embedded & Firmware

At a glance

Mid-level Embedded & Firmware role at L3Harris Technologies. Yorba Linda · $97,000–$180,000 base.

SalaryStated by L3Harris Technologies
$97,000 – $180,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleEmbedded & Firmware
SeniorityMid-level
LocationYorba Linda
Base pay$97,000–$180,000
PostedOct 28, 2026
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Build and troubleshoot embedded C/C++ for GPS equipment, integrating the software with target hardware
  • Design, implement and test real-time embedded software for GPS user equipment
  • Document software designs and show how they satisfy stated requirements
  • Analyze requirements, assess design alternatives through proof-of-concept work and take part in code reviews

What you bring

  • A relevant bachelor’s degree and nine years of real-time embedded software design and analysis, or an accepted alternative
  • At least two years serving as lead or subject-matter expert on an embedded software project
  • At least two years of technical work with DoD or DoW customers or subcontractors
  • Five years or more with Python and C/C++, plus embedded development on Linux or Windows
  • You must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD SECRET clearance

Who this fits

This role suits an experienced real-time embedded software engineer with GPS equipment experience and technical leadership or subject-matter expertise. Work is on-site in Yorba Linda. A four-day, ten-hour schedule is preferred, with five-day, eight-hour and nine-day, eighty-hour schedules also considered. Any offer depends on government contract awards and contract budgets.

From the employer

Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering - Real-time Embedded GPS

Job Number: 46847

Job Location: Yorba Linda, CA

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour shifts 4 days a week

Job Description:

IEC, Navigation Solutions delivers advanced military GPS and broader Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capabilities that support mission requirements across weapon systems, ground platforms, airborne assets, maritime systems, and space environments. Navigation Solutions products are engineered to provide resilient PNT performance for the warfighter operating in denied or degraded environments. This role directly ensures that GPS receivers and simulators maintain mission effectiveness when exposed to adversarial threats and operational challenges.

A key responsibility of this role is to develop and debug robust embedded software to fulfill strict performance requirements related to GPS user equipment. This role expands beyond coding, testing and debugging, and includes analysis of requirements, producing detailed documentation, conducting proof-of-concept evaluation of design alternatives, conducting code reviews, and other similar tasks.

Successful candidates perform complex professional software engineering assignments requiring advanced problem-solving skills. This requisition, and any potential offer, is contingent upon the award of government contracts and adherence to contract budgets.

Essential Functions:

  • Actively contribute to embedded C/C++ development for GPS and related equipment, including integration and debugging on target hardware.
  • Embedded software design, development, and test.
  • Develop high-quality documentation covering design details and demonstrating compliance to requirements.
  • Ability to obtain and hold a DoD SECRET clearance.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent, and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience in the design and analysis of real-time embedded software. Master of Science or advanced degree preferred and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in working as a team lead, technical lead, and/or subject matter expert for an embedded software development project.
  • 2+ years of experience as a technical contributor working with DoD / DoW customers or subcontractors.
  • 5+ years of experience with Python and C/C++.
  • 5+ years of experience in embedded software development using either Linux or Windows.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Experience analyzing or designing algorithms for inertial measurement, signal processing, linear algebra, feedback control, estimation / filtering / detection, or similar.
  • Experience in software development using Agile / Scrum methodologies.
    Experience with common SW tasking and review tools including Jenkins / Bambo, Jira, and Git.
  • Working knowledge of modern GPS concepts including signal selection, acquisition and tracking, Position, Velocity, and Time (PVT) calculation, data demodulation, signal correction, jamming and spoofing.
  • Experience in architecting, developing, and integrating real time embedded software for GPS user equipment, including on target Hardware.
  • Prior experience with real-time embedded operating systems or Modular Open Source (MOSA) software development.
  • Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and related toolchains.
  • Familiar with Defense industry typical documentation and milestone reviews.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Work is performed on-site in Yorba Linda, with 4/10 schedule preferred. Additional work schedules of 5/8 or 9/80 are also considered.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $97,000 - $180,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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