Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Senior role at CACI embedded on-site with intelligence operators and analysts, supporting a government-owned multi-source analytic capability: training users, integrating and troubleshooting fielded software, and feeding observed mission gaps into the development roadmap. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance and 10+ years of operational intelligence experience.
- Compensation
- $114.6K–$252.1K / yr
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Embedded
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Active TS/SCI security clearance (polygraph preferred)
- 10+ years of operational intelligence experience (military, IC, or contractor) in analytic, targeting, collection, watch-floor, or direct software support to these
- Technical fluency with analytic tools, data systems, and their integration; able to configure, troubleshoot, and adapt fielded capability in real time
- Ability to work independently at a customer site with limited supervision in ambiguous conditions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including structured observation reporting for technical audiences
- Willingness to relocate to or work extended assignments at the supported mission location, including OCONUS
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in a technical, intelligence, or related discipline, or equivalent operational experience
- Prior assignment at a joint/combined operational headquarters, national intelligence agency, or equivalent
- Familiarity with geospatial, multi-source, or object-based analytic platforms and their data architectures
- Experience as a forward-deployed engineer, embedded technical support, or field engineer in a classified environment
- Working knowledge of scripting or data-transformation methods applied to diagnosis and integration
Full description
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Location: Honolulu, HI, US, Tampa, FL, US, 507 RESTON VA, Colorado Springs, CO, US
Department: Systems/Software Engineering - IT
Work Location: onsite
Job Title: Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Job Category: Information Technology
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%
Type of Travel: Outside Continental US
Anticipated Posting End: 12/26/2026
The Opportunity:
The Embedded Software Engineer works on the operations floor, alongside the intelligence operators and analysts who use a government-owned, multi-source analytic capability to do their mission. You will sit with the people doing work that’s critical to National Security, make the capability perform for them at the point of use, and return what you learn – how the mission actually uses the capability, where it falls short, and what it needs next – to the team that is continually enhancing the capability.
The role carries two functions: First, adoption and mission value: training, capability integration, workflow analysis, troubleshooting, and tradecraft support at the seat, so mission value is realized where the work happens. Second, forward sensing: structured, disciplined observation of use cases, friction, and unmet need, fed directly into the capability roadmap. This role is primarily defined by the second function.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the on-site analysts to understand their mission and create innovative software solutions that streamline their workflows.
- Design and develop software products that interface with the enterprise software tools already in use by the analysts to increase the intelligence value of the available data.
- Catalog all generated software in a manner that allows it to be tracked and incorporated into an enterprise software baseline if/when required.
- Develop working proficiency in the supported organization’s analytic tradecraft, sufficient to translate operator problems into technical terms and technical constraints into operator terms.
- Provide on-site integration, configuration, workflow automation, and troubleshooting support for the fielded analytic capability directly to end users. Diagnose problems in place and commit to a resolution path within 48 hours.
- Capture and document observed use cases, capability gaps, workflow friction, and unmet mission need in a structured format, and report them on a defined cadence into the capability development roadmap.