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# Software Engineering Manager - Real-Time Defense Software

- **Company:** Ilocatum, LLC
- **Location:** Binghamton, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Scrum Methodology, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Multithreading, Real Time Systems, Information Technology, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=634a01d48aeb3b6a

## About the Role

* Active DoD Secret or higher security clearance, with investigation completed within the past 5 years
 * U.S. citizenship required
 * Ability to obtain required Special Access authorizations
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
 * 8+ years of professional software development experience
 * 2+ years providing technical leadership, team leadership, or engineering supervision
 * Hands on programming experience in one or more of the following: C, C++, Python, C#
 * Experience developing software for defense, aerospace, embedded, simulation, or other real time applications
 * Experience supporting software planning activities, including BOEs, IMPs, and IMS
 * Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid development methodologies
 * Ability to support occasional travel and extended work schedules as program needs require

Preferred Qualifications

 * Multi-threaded application development
 * Software architecture experience
 * System integration and verification experience
 * Technical proposal development experience

## Description

The role involves providing technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, designing and developing software using C, C++, Python, and/or C#, and guiding modernization of legacy systems to improve performance, maintainability, and long term reliability. You will collaborate with systems, hardware, integration, and program teams, lead technical reviews and architecture discussions, and troubleshoot complex challenges involving real time, embedded, and mission critical systems. This position also supports software planning activities such as Basis of Estimates (BOEs), Integrated Master Plans (IMP), and Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), and promotes engineering best practices through code reviews and technical mentoring. On the people side, you will coach and mentor engineers, conduct performance reviews, support staffing and recruiting, and help sustain a collaborative engineering culture, along with supporting proposal efforts and process improvements.


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