Senior Software Engineer in Rochester

Salary: $80,000-$135,000

Senior Software Engineer - NAVWAR

Location:

Rochester, NY

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to implementing technical solutions for Navigation Warfare and related technologies. Your role will involve research and development efforts to implement new features, execute platform integrations, and ensure the validation and verification of system performance. You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust, high‑quality systems. This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager, based in our Rochester, NY office.

Safran Federal Systems provides resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (R‑PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, defense organizations and their contractors. Safran Federal Systems is authorized to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects, in addition to supporting strategic partnerships for key defense PNT technologies.

• Develop software for high‑performance navigation warfare systems.
• Validate, test, and document new or existing codebases.
• Communicate with sensors and other hardware systems, including low‑latency and precision time applications.
• Optimize code for deployment on devices with constrained computing power and storage.
• Provide on‑site technical expertise during system deployments, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• We value individuals who are proactive, structured, and analytical problem‑solvers.
• You should enjoy working closely with a small team of specialists, where collaboration is key to our success.
• Demonstrated strong customer focus, ownership, urgency, and drive, with ability to adapt quickly to new technologies; self‑motivated, self‑prioritized, and comfortable with ambiguity.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in software development or aerospace engineering.
• Bachelor's Degree (B.S.) in Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Software Engineering, or related engineering degree from an accredited institution.
• Experience with modern C/C++, Qt, Linux, networking protocols, and Python.
• Knowledge of Git, Gitlab, or equivalent source control and CI/CD tools.
• Experience with software architecture, open architecture, and software design.
• Experience with GNSS receivers, SDRs, and other navigation systems/sensors.
• Experience building latency‑sensitive systems, with a strong understanding of low‑level performance factors such as memory management, CPU cache behavior, concurrency, and network I/O optimization.
• Experience working with digital hardware (flashers, JTAG, oscilloscopes, etc.).
• Speaking, presentation, and dialogue skills for whiteboard, small and large group presentations; high degree of comfort speaking senior military and staff personnel; ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical individuals; intuitive ability to pivot from presentation to dialogue as appropriate.
• Secret level security clearance required or able to be obtained within one year of hire.
• US citizenship required.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.