Software Engineer

Eligibility:
Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance. US Citizenship required.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains safety-critical embedded software across the full product lifecycle. Translates customer and system requirements into robust, testable software architectures and detailed designs, implements and optimizes software components and algorithms for system integration and performance, and creates and maintains comprehensive documentation including requirements traceability, design descriptions, test plans, and release notes. Leads verification and validation activities (unit, integration, system, regression), produces certification evidence and safety artifacts, debugs and resolves defects and field issues, and responds to user inquiries and technical support tickets.

Evaluates emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and regulatory changes to keep the software and processes current. Establishes and continuously improves development processes and tool chains, plans and executes R&D projects, and manages software suppliers and partners. Performs software project management activities including schedule tracking, risk management, and resource planning.

• Develop Mission Systems Software Architecture
• Fluency in UML and SysML
• Fluency in MBSE practice and Model Driven Software Engineering
• Ability to translate customer needs into non-functional requirements/quality attributes
• Ability to translate non-functional requirements/quality attributes into known software architecture patterns
• Ability to manage and trade off multiple concurrent issues, ambiguities, and contradictions in non-functional requirements/quality attributes
• Reverse engineering of software architecture of legacy code
• Refactoring of software architecture
• Product line development / Product line software architecture

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g., Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g., PhD+4 years related work experience, Master+7 years related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is preferred, although not required.

6+ months — possible extension and possible FTE opportunity.