Software Engineer IV

Software Engineer IV Description

We are Textron Systems, best known for innovative defense technologies and services. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems. We are a part of Textron Inc, one of the world’s leading multi-industry companies, recognized for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, E-Z-GO and many more.

This Software Engineering role is within Textron System’s Uncrewed Land and Air Systems division. Our team is engaged in multiple cutting‑edge development programs for defense applications. A strong candidate for this role will possess a history of software development for robotic/autonomous applications. Required experience includes software/hardware interface development, software integration, and a history of working in a fast‑paced team environment.

• Providing engineering support on both current and next generation technologies in support of our family of uncrewed ground and air products
• Our products are entire systems ranging from the vehicle platforms to their control stations
• Participating in software development of new products across all phases of the product lifecycle from concept development to lab and offsite integration and evaluation
• Estimation, requirements, design, implementation, review, testing, documentation, and release
• Taking technical leadership/ownership of software components and systems
• Integrating internal and third‑party software solutions into our products
• Interfacing directly with the customer
• Collaborating with the software engineering team and other engineering disciplines to create functional systems
• Mentoring others within the team
• Performing trade studies
• Supporting onsite & offsite integration and test
• Driving process improvement
• Leading software development efforts
• Estimating, scope management, task generation/assignment, status reporting, etc.
• Drive tasks to completion independently.
• Provide technical direction to engineering staff and technicians of all disciplines as required.
• Ability to interact daily with program managers, planners, and technicians.
• Prepare and present software engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews.
• (Potential) Attending industry conferences/events to gauge competition and find new opportunities

• Technical leadership
• Individual Contributor (SME)
• Engineering Management

Bachelor’s degree (in computer science or computer engineering or related field) required with 8 years of experience or master’s degree with 5 years of experience.

• Understanding of robotics systems including sensors, actuators, mechanical, algorithms and software systems
• Proficiency in C/C/C# programming
• Proficiency with Unix based operating systems
• Proficiency with shell scripting
• Knowledgeable of Object‑Oriented Analysis (OOA)/Object‑Oriented Design (OOD)
• Experience using configuration management tools such as Git or Mercurial
• Effective writing and presentation skills
• Experience interacting directly with customers
• Ability to work in teams and independently with minimal direction
• Traveling up to 15% of the time
• Eligibility to obtain a Secret Clearance
• Professional experience in autonomous driving/flight or robotics industry with experience in software/system integration and on‑field testing (3 years)
• Preferred:
• Professional experience with integrating or designing autonomous solutions for land and/or air platforms
• Experience with Micro Pilot’s autopilot software
• Experience with Piccolo autopilot software
• Experience with MOOS DB/IvP
• Experience with Qt projects/libraries
• Experience with OpenDDS
• Experience with containerization platforms such as Docker
• Experience with Network/Serial/CAN interface development
• Experience frontend technologies including CSS, JavaScript, Type Script, REST API, databases (SQL or No
  
  SQL), and web UI design
• Experience with automation build servers such as Jenkins
• Experience with workflow management tools such as Jira
• Experience with static code analysis tools…