Software Engineer IV

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Job Description

This role is vital to producing software solutions that meet electrical, mechanical and CONOPs needs. The ideal candidate has a solid depth of understanding of robotic systems and underwater technologies.

Responsibilities

Apply working knowledge of the software lifecycle to develop and lead software efforts.

Make and implement decisions for designing and maintaining software architecture.

Lead small software development teams.

Actively interface with the electrical and mechanical leads, customer, and program manager.

Ensure project CDRL's are delivered and accepted by the customer. This includes requirements management, software documentation, unit testing, software safety testing, and software qualification testing.

Lead trade studies for hardware such as navigation units, board stacks, and power monitors.

Support software testing on the factory floor, offsite, and offshore.

Perform analysis of user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.

Guide system development and implementation planning through preparation of concept of operations, interfaces control documents, hazard analysis, and test plans and procedures.

Display excellent technical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to look at the "big picture" in system design.

Demonstrate ability to devise innovative solutions to problems when conventional solutions are insufficient.

Review progress and evaluate results of work accomplished by self and others.

Prepare reports and presents results to management and client.

Schedules can be demanding throughout the year and occasional work outside normal working hours should be anticipated.

Staff Engineers are also expected to take a leadership role within the software group. This includes helping craft and enforce policies and procedures for software development, mentorship, and potential functional management responsibilities of team members.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL:

BS Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline. Commensurate experience will be considered.

8+ years of practical experience in software engineering.

Experience with C and C++.

Solid written and oral communications skills, including ability to effectively document, convey, and present engineering concepts and products to team members and customers.

Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Department of Defense Security Clearance.

Must be a US citizen.

PREFERRED:

Experience developing in underwater vehicle or robotic software frameworks and expanding framework capabilities.

Experience working on Department of Defense software efforts.

Experience with Linux OS or bare metal firmware.

Experience with microprocessors and single-board computer (SBC) based control systems that interface to sensors and hardware (e.g. cameras, navigation sensors, valve packs, other boards).

Ability to implement and debug communication protocols including: UDP and multicast, TCP, serial protocols, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.

Experience with pub/sub communication middleware such as RTI, MQTT, or ProtoBuf.

Experience with microservices based architectures utilizing containerization and orchestration.

Experience with Model-Based System Engineering.

Experience with CI/CD, specifically utilizing Jira, GitHub and Artifactory.

ADDITIONAL:

Additional duties as assigned.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Employee benefits vary by role, however, may include Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Retirement Savings, Life and Disability, Paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Compensation $138,300.00 - 207,500.00

Job Info

Job Identification 10831

Job Category Engineering

Job Schedule Full time

Job Shift Day