Senior Software Technical Lead

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Full Time Employee Full-Time Fairfax, VA, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Position Title: Senior Software Technical Lead
Requisition : 1841
Position Location: Fairfax, VA
Position

Reports To:

Engineering Functional Manager
Supervises Others: No

Trident has built a reputation as a trusted provider of aerospace and defense electronics & processing systems including digital RF & Optical command and control solutions and atmospheric & airborne sensors. Our three operating units:
Space Electronic Systems (SES), Integrated C4

ISR Systems (ICS) and Optical Precision Systems (OPS), develop within the agile framework which enables us to produce proven, purpose-built systems that solve our customers’ mission critical challenges across space, air, land, and sea.

Trident’s Integrated C4

ISR Systems (ICS) specializes in products and services which improve the safety and survivability of our armed forces. We develop solutions for a wide range of demanding missions and environments, including tactical communications systems for multi-national interoperability, autonomous predictive maintenance and logistics solutions, and scalable, responsive, all-domain surveillance systems. Trident's integrated systems support the protection of the National Capital Region and various military installations both domestic and abroad.

We can deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that meet our customers' evolving requirements by integrating our specialized knowledge in electronic systems with appropriately scaled development methodologies.

The Senior Software Technical Lead will lead the execution of software development activities supporting an aerial surveillance system for a Department of Defense customer. The candidate will provide technical leadership for a software team responsible for an integrated application that interfaces with external system sensors, captured video, static imagery, and hardware devices.

The successful candidate will serve as the technical focal point for the software team, ensuring delivery of high-quality mission-critical capabilities while coordinating cross-functional activities and providing periodic status to program leadership. Software development activities utilize Java and include integration with external hardware devices. The ability to obtain a US security clearance is required.

The primary responsibility for this role is to provide technical leadership for a software development team throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Lead software architecture, technical design, and implementation activities for integrated aerial surveillance and sensor systems.
• Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert for real-time surveillance, sensor integration, and distributed software applications.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Analyze system requirements and decompose features into executable software tasks and technical solutions.
• Support technical planning, software design reviews, peer reviews, and architecture discussions.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, QA, network engineering, cybersecurity, and integration teams to support integrated system capabilities.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies, frameworks, and capabilities into existing software baselines.
• Support customer technical discussions, demonstrations, deployments, and test activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for software designs, interfaces, testing, and system operation.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Program Management to prioritize and manage software backlogs.
• Monitor software execution and delivery against program objectives.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate technical risks and issues impacting software execution.
• Provide periodic status reports to Program Management Office (PMO) leadership regarding technical progress, schedule performance, resource requirements, risks, issues,…