Software Engineer; Engineer Software

Requisition Number: 28510

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:

Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $65,930.00 - $85,000.00

Security Clearance:
Secret

Level of

Experience:

Entry Level

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5

ISR systems. HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

HII, Mission Technologies is seeking self‑motivated, talented Software Engineers to design, develop, and test command, control, and communications software for leading‑edge ISR, SDR, and EW DoD products. This position will be located in Syracuse, New York. Candidates will be expected to integrate into our multi‑disciplinary teams to provide best‑in‑class solutions and products to a diverse customer baseline with a demanding and intriguing technical problem space.

• Participate in all phases of software lifecycle, from requirements definition through design, development, integration, and test with minimal supervision.
• Apply state‑of‑the‑art programming techniques, software design best practices, and software technologies.
• Analyze and modify software systems by reverse‑engineering, architecting, coding, installing, testing, debugging, and documenting designs/APIs.
• Stand up development environment and platform application environment from scratch.
• Guide customers and systems engineers in formulating software requirements, advise on alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies, as required.
• Prepare and communicate daily status information in accordance with required software development life cycles.
• Independently derive requirements into actionable tasks.
• Follow all company policies and guidelines, including familiarity with company‑wide software practices.

• 0 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 4 years relevant experience.
• Proficient in various object‑oriented and functional programming languages (e.g. Embedded C/C++, C/C++, C#, Java).
• Proficient in common procedural/scripting languages and object definition files (Python, Bash, MATLAB, JavaScript, JSON, XML).
• Proficient in industry‑standard software documentation methods such as user stories, UML, Agile and supporting tools such as Doxygen, Bamboo, JIRA.
• Experience with Power BI.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Clearance:
  Ability to obtain and maintain a secret government security clearance.

• Currently hold a U.S. security clearance.
• Experience in the DoD contractor space, especially maritime.
• Experience in leading junior software engineers.
• Strong background in embedded Linux kernels, file systems, and custom device drivers.
• Experience with communications and networking libraries in embedded Linux (e.g. networking stacks, Protocol Buffers/Protobuf/data serialization).
• Passionate about protecting the American warfighter.
• Experience with RF communication links and/or radio systems.

• Best‑in‑class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; 401(k) savings plan; financial planning tools; life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; early childhood and post‑secondary education scholarships.
• Bonus or other non‑recurrent compensation may be offered for qualified positions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e‑mail address. Additionally, you may also call for assistance.

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