Staff Software Engineer

This role is vital to producing software solutions that meet electrical, mechanical and CONOPs needs. The ideal candidate has a solid depth of understanding of robotic systems and underwater technologies.

ESSENTIAL:

• BS Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline. Commensurate experience will be considered.
• 8+ years of practical experience in software engineering.
• Experience with C and C++. 
• Solid written and oral communications skills, including ability to effectively document, convey, and present engineering concepts and products to team members and customers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Department of Defense Security Clearance.
• Must be a US citizen.

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• Experience developing in underwater vehicle or robotic software frameworks and expanding framework capabilities.
• Experience working on Department of Defense software efforts.
• Experience with Linux OS or bare metal firmware.
• Experience with microprocessors and single-board computer (SBC) based control systems that interface to sensors and hardware (e.g. cameras, navigation sensors, valve packs, other boards). 
• Ability to implement and debug communication protocols including: UDP and multicast, TCP, serial protocols, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.
• Experience with pub/sub communication middleware such as RTI, MQTT, or ProtoBuf.
• Experience with microservices based architectures utilizing containerization and orchestration.
• Experience with Model-Based System Engineering.
• Experience with CI/CD, specifically utilizing Jira, GitHub and Artifactory.

ADDITIONAL:

• Additional duties as assigned.

EEO:

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to , , , , (including ), , , , veteran status, , genetic information, or other non-merit factors.

• Apply working knowledge of the software lifecycle to develop and lead software efforts.
• Make and implement decisions for designing and maintaining software architecture.
• Lead small software development teams.
• Actively interface with the electrical and mechanical leads, customer, and program manager
• Ensure project CDRL’s are delivered and accepted by the customer.  This includes requirements management, software documentation, unit testing, software safety testing, and software qualification testing.  
• Lead trade studies for hardware such as navigation units, board stacks, and power monitors. 
• Support software testing on the factory floor, offsite, and offshore.
• Perform analysis of user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Guide system development and implementation planning through preparation of concept of operations, interfaces control documents, hazard analysis, and test plans and procedures.
• Display excellent technical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to look at the “big picture” in system design.
• Demonstrate ability to devise innovative solutions to problems when conventional solutions are insufficient.
• Review progress and evaluate results of work accomplished by self and others.
• Prepare reports and presents results to management and client.
• Schedules can be demanding throughout the year and occasional work outside normal working hours should be anticipated.
• Staff Engineers are also expected to take a leadership role within the software group. This includes helping craft and enforce policies and procedures for software development, mentorship, and potential functional management responsibilities of team members.