Senior Software Engineer

Graham Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Electronic Warfare Mission Data & Autotest to support the development, integration, testing, and sustainment of an automated testing capability for a U.S. Air Force electronic warfare program. Working alongside Government and industry partners, you will develop mission-critical software that enhances automated mission data testing and supports national defense capabilities. The ideal candidate has experience developing complex software systems in defense, aerospace, or other high-reliability environments, with expertise in systems integration, real-time data processing, and automated testing.

Location: Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Analyze mission workflows to identify software, interface, processing, and performance requirements for automated test capabilities.
• Design, develop, enhance, document, and maintain production-quality software supporting mission data verification and validation.
• Develop software interfaces that communicate with laboratory simulators and external hardware systems.
• Develop applications that ingest, parse, correlate, and process structured and real-time system messages.
• Design and maintain message dictionaries, interface definitions, data-processing logic, and communication protocols.
• Develop software that automatically evaluates system responses and determines pass/fail test results using approved adjudication logic.
• Design intuitive graphical user interfaces (GUIs) allowing operators to configure, execute, monitor, and analyze automated testing activities.
• Develop automated logging, reporting, traceability, and data-analysis capabilities.
• Integrate internally developed software with existing Government and third-party software components.
• Develop and execute unit, integration, regression, performance, and acceptance testing.
• Validate software performance, accuracy, reliability, and throughput during extended automated test events.
• Troubleshoot software defects, timing issues, interface problems, communications errors, and integration challenges while performing root-cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Participate in technical reviews, software demonstrations, design reviews, customer meetings, and Government acceptance events.
• Maintain source code, software baselines, release documentation, build instructions, configuration records, and version control.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation including software design documentation, user guides, test procedures, software release documentation, and test reports.
• Support ongoing software maintenance, enhancements, cybersecurity updates, and defect resolution throughout the lifecycle of the program.

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing, integrating, testing, and supporting complex software applications.
• Strong programming experience with one or more of the following:
  • C++
  • C#
  • Python
  • Java
  • Similar object-oriented programming languages
• Experience developing Windows, distributed, client/server, real-time, or data-intensive applications.
• Experience integrating software with external systems, laboratory equipment, embedded systems, or hardware interfaces.
• Experience processing structured data, binary messages, telemetry, network traffic, or real-time data streams.
• Experience producing software documentation including requirements, design documents, interface specifications, test procedures, and user documentation.
• Experience with source control, software configuration management, defect tracking, software builds, and software development lifecycle processes.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite at Eglin Air Force Base.

• Experience supporting Electronic Warfare (EW) systems or mission data development.
• Experience supporting Air Force or Department of Defense software development programs.
• Experience with airborne electronic warfare or defensive avionics systems.
• Experience supporting F-15, F-35, B-1, B-52, or similar aircraft platforms.
• Knowledge of Mission Data Files (MDF), threat libraries, emitter data, or electronic warfare testing.
• Experience with:
  • MIL-STD-1553
  • TCP/IP
  • UDP
  • Serial Communications
  • Asynchronous messaging
• Experience integrating software with hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) or simulation environments.
• Experience developing automated test frameworks, operator interfaces, data analysis tools, or reporting applications.
• Strong experience developing production software using C++ and Python.
• Experience with:
  • Git
  • Git Lab
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Automated testing
  • Secure software development practices
• Familiarity with…