Sr. Associate, Software Engineering

L3 Harris Technologies

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Nashville, Tennessee

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PERMANENT

Updated 09/02/2026

Job Description

Job Summary

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:

Sr. Associate, Software Engineering

Job Code:

43442

Job Location:

Nashville, TN

Schedule:

9/80 (Every other Friday off!)

Participate and consistently contribute to planning, design, implementation, verification, deployment, and support activities for custom software components and applications. May perform task management activities for other software engineers.

The Software Engineer, Senior Associate Level is an early career professional with job area knowledge and broad knowledge of project management, managing individual tasks with oversight to achieve operational targets and goals with direct impact on team results.

Essential Functions:

Interact directly with engineering team, as well as program management staff as necessary, to analyze and understand requirements

Translate requirements into optimal technical designs

Effectively present technical designs to software engineering, program management, and other team members

Implement requirements into software components and applications according to technical design

Unit and component test software components and applications to ensure quality of deliverables

Assist in the technical verification of all technical, functional and corporate requirements prior to delivery of software components and applications

Investigate and address requirement violations in functional testing and production software as needed

Track and report status of tasks, deliverables, and issues to software engineering team

Adhere to corporate processes and standards for all activities and deliverables during all phases of involvement in the software development life cycle

Required to perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned

Perform all job functions with a positive, professional attitude

Qualifications:

Masters or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics

Minimum of 2 years of:

Progressively advanced object oriented commercial or government software development experienc C and Visual Studio required (Java experience a potential substitute)

Relevant technologies, software development methodologies, and object-oriented programming languages

Principles, practices, and techniques of object-oriented design/development

Regulatory standards impact on software development

Principles, practices, and techniques of software unit, component, and integration testing

Principles, practices, and techniques of source code management and defect tracking

Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

Ability to quickly and effectively breakdown assignments into work tasks and provide effort and schedule estimates and successfully achieve them

Ability to use judgment and logic in decision-making considering relative to costs and benefits of potential actions

Ability to promote corporate ethics and exhibit a spirit of teamwork and cooperation within the organization

Ability to effectively utilize both written and verbal communication skills

Ability to understand, create, and communicate complex design specifications

WPF/XAML

experience preferred

Azure DevOps source control (GIT)

A basic understanding of SOLID principles

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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