Title:  Senior Associate, Software Engineering

Job Title: Senior Associate, Software Engineering

Job Code: 44300

Job Location: Palm Bay, Florida, USA

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Associate, Software Engineering, to support the Responsive Space Enterprise. This is a hands-on, on-site role based in Palm Bay, Florida, supporting Integration and Test phases of customer-funded programs within our Surveillance Systems division.

In this role, you will design, develop, integrate, and test deliverable software code.  You will also participate in peer reviews, collaborating with senior engineers and generating documentation.

The ideal candidate brings basic software skills and experience in space, aerospace, defense, or similarly complex mission-critical environments, along with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and software interfaces.

Essential Functions:

• Apply computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis concepts and principles in the development of software for the target application  

• Work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, and operational performance requirements and design of the overall system 

• Support and participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, and test of embedded software for real-time control of advanced tactical radio equipment 

• Develop software test procedures, software programs, and related documentation  

• Utilize modeling tools and equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results 

• Participate in peer reviews, identify, track and repair defects 
• Implement necessary functionality in C++ and Python languages

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Wireless Engineering, Information Security, Mathematics, Digital Arts & Sciences or related field plus two years of relevant experience.
• TS/SCI Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Familiarity with Responsive Space Enterprise Payload Products
• Familiarity with and willingness to use AI-assisted and agentic software development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or similar) to improve software design, implementation, debugging, testing, code review, and engineering productivity.
• Familiarity with agentic AI concepts and AI-enabled development workflows, including prompt/context engineering, tool integration (e.g., APIs or MCP), development of reusable agents or skills, and effective validation of AI-generated software artifacts.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines