Software Integration Engineer

DESE's engineering teams support the development, integration, and advancement of complex software-intensive systems that contribute to our nation's defense capabilities. We're seeking a proactive and collaborative Software Integration Engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges, coordinating across engineering disciplines, and helping lead successful system integration efforts.

This role is well-suited for an engineer who understands software development and system interfaces but also excels at communication, organization, and technical coordination. You'll serve as a key software integration focal point, bringing together software, hardware, systems engineering, industry partners, and government stakeholders to ensure mission-critical systems work together effectively.

• Serve as a primary software integration focal point, coordinating technical activities across software, hardware, systems engineering, and external organizations.
• Lead cross-functional technical meetings, interface discussions, and integration working groups while establishing clear objectives, agendas, action items, and follow-up activities.
• Independently manage technical assignments, schedules, and integration priorities while maintaining communication with program leadership and stakeholders.
• Coordinate software integration activities from planning and interface definition through testing, execution, issue resolution, and closure.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define, interpret, and validate software interface requirements across system architectures.
• Support software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities and coordinate integration milestones with Agile sprint delivery schedules.
• Evaluate software messaging, data exchanges, and system communication interfaces to support reliable subsystem integration.
• Support software interface testing and verification using simulation, emulation, and hardware/software integration environments.
• Clearly communicate technical findings, integration risks, and recommended solutions to leadership, contractors, and government stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting software development, software integration, system interfaces, or software-intensive engineering programs.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including Agile development practices and sprint-based delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate technical activities and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical information to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience participating in or facilitating technical meetings, integration discussions, or engineering reviews.
• Ability to independently organize priorities, track technical actions, and coordinate issue resolution.
• Working knowledge of software interfaces, system architectures, and data communication concepts.

• Technical Leadership:
  Experience serving as a technical focal point, facilitating meetings, coordinating stakeholders, and driving integration activities through completion.
• Software Development Lifecycle:
  Understanding of SDLC processes, Agile methodologies, sprint planning, and software delivery coordination.
• Software Interfaces:
  Experience defining, interpreting, documenting, and validating software interfaces and associated system requirements.
• Messaging & Data Structures:
  Familiarity with message content, structure, and formats, including bits, bytes, data encoding, and big-endian/little-endian representations.
• Integration…