Engineer Software

Software Engineer 3

Location:

Newport News, Virginia, United States

Team: E44 NTWK/COMM/AUTO Entity:
Newport News Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position:
Yes

Full-Time Shift: 1st

Relocation:
Relocation assistance will be available

Virtual/Telework Opportunity:
No
- Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirement:
No

Clearance Required:

No
- Clearance Not Required to Start

Meet HII's Newport News Shipbuilding With more than 25,000 employees – including third-, fourth-, and even fifth-generation shipbuilders – HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. We're the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers, engineers and software developers to solution architects, technical subject matter experts, and system users.

We collaborate together at the forefront of technology, manufacturing, and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world. Want to be part of the team? Apply today! We look forward to meeting you.

Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls;

prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has an opportunity for a Software Engineer 3 to join their Requirements Team. This position conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with engineering designers, component/system engineers, and software developers in the development of requirements that are measurable, achievable, and verifiable using a System Engineering approach. Performs requirement decomposition/derivation from Hull Mechanical & Electrical (HM&E) System Requirements to produce Software Requirement Specifications of the Logic and Human Machine Interface Components of the Machinery Control and Monitoring System (MCMS).

Responsible for mapping customer requirements from the Customer Requirements Document to the lowest system level requirements across multiple hulls. Create and define scope of work for software developers and testers based on requirements and documents provided by customer for a given software modification. Review Software test procedures to ensure verification of validation requirements is properly mapped to applicable verification methods for the requirements.

Ensures compliance with applicable software standards.

Must Have Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience;
Master's Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience;
Ph.D. and 0 years of experience.

Nice to Have:

• Strong HM&E operation and maintenance or HM&E Test background is required
• Strong verbal and excellent HM&E Technical Writing skills with a demonstrated ability to develop written process documentation required
• High degree of organizational skills and attention to detail required
• Strong critical/logical thinking, data analytical skills, and problem solving capability is required
• Knowledge of Software Criticality Analysis is a plus
• Knowledge of Unified Modeling Language and Common Object Sequence Diagrams is a plus
• Knowledge of Propulsion Plant Monitoring & Control (PPMC) is a plus
• Software development lifecycle experience preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products, specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project

We build the world's most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. HII's diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals. Recognized as one of America's top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people's safety and well-being first.

Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you'll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career. Working at HII is more than a job - it's an opportunity to build a future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including: medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices, on-site health centers, tele-medicine, wellness resources, employee assistance programs, savings plan…