Leidos is seeking a talented Junior CEMA Software Engineer Intern in Lawton, OK to join our local development team to create unique solutions for complex problems in engineering, spectrum warfare, and defense domains. As a Junior CEMA Software Engineer Intern, you will bring your passion of software design and development to design, deploy, and maintain mission critical solutions that support our customers’ mission objectives. Our team is primarily in-person in Lawton, OK. Culturally, we place emphasis on trust, respect, asynchronous communication, creativity, and valuing the mission of our customers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support a team of software engineers in developing offensive and defensive cyber tools focused on radar, C2, surface-to-air, and artillery systems.
• Develop simulations to emulate threat-representative Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) effects and environments.
• Collaborate within an Agile Scrum team to design, develop, and deliver features; actively participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives while owning tickets end-to-end, conducting code reviews, and leveraging CI/CD pipelines to ensure high-quality, reliable deployments

Basic Qualifications

• US Citizenship
• Must live in or be willing to relocate to Lawton, OK.
• Candidate must be currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other related technical field.
• Experience with Python, C++
• Experience with OOP Design Principals

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working as a member of a Scrum team, contributing to iterative development and Agile collaboration
• Experience with Agile software development, CI/CD toolchains, and DevOps (e.g., Atlassian suite, git, Jenkins, Artifactory)
• Experience in software architecture and design
• Understanding of Linux platforms
• Experience and interest in cybersecurity
• Experience and interest in fundamental networking implementations and concepts
• Experience with the following tools, concepts, and products is a plus:
  • Ubuntu, Red Hat, Kali Linux, or similar
  • Networking Protocols
  • Wireshark

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.