Manufacturing Application Developer

Voyager Technologies, Inc. • Pittsburgh, PA

3d

About The Position

Voyager is seeking a Software Developer to develop, enhance, and support AI-enabled manufacturing applications. The role covers production software delivery and the operational support of existing applications in Azure GCC High, as well as meeting the IT needs of Voyager’s production sites. The developer works from business requirements through design, implementation, testing, release, and support, in direct collaboration with engineers, technicians, quality staff, supervisors, and program managers.

The work includes a product lifecycle and manufacturing execution platform, a resource-planning tool for program and engineering managers, and new applications for manufacturing sites. The developer writes production code, reviews changes, creates tests and documentation, participates in releases and incident response, and supports application security and reliability. The team uses AI coding assistants, and developers are responsible for understanding, testing, and clearly documenting the status of AI-assisted changes.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience, at least five years of professional web application development and support experience, and eligibility to work with export-controlled information as a U.S. Person. Preferred experience includes manufacturing or engineering systems, aerospace or defense manufacturing, relevant cloud and integration tools, and regulated security environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of professional experience building and supporting web applications.
• Comprehensive prompting experience in delivering sustainable code through accurate interpretation of requirements.
• Proficiency in languages such as TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Ruby, or Go, and in a modern front-end framework such as React.
• Solid SQL and relational database skills, including schema design and migrations; SQL Server or Azure SQL preferred.
• Experience writing automated tests and working in code-review and continuous-integration workflows using Git and GitHub or similar.
• Working knowledge of cloud-hosted applications, Azure preferred, and single sign-on or role-based access.
• Ability to understand business processes from users and translate them into software.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Eligibility to work with export-controlled information as a U.S. Person.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with manufacturing or engineering systems such as PLM, MES, ERP, quality, inventory, or resource planning.
• Familiarity with aerospace or defense manufacturing concepts, including bills of materials, configuration and change control, travelers, nonconformance, and traceability.
• Experience with NetSuite integration (SuiteQL or REST), identity providers, Azure Government, Bicep or similar infrastructure as code, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI or similar services, or disciplined use of AI coding assistants.
• Experience building shop-floor or tablet-friendly interfaces, or applications used by non-technical staff.
• Experience working in environments governed by NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, or similar frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver prioritized application features as working, tested software in small, reviewable changes, following the team’s branching, review, and release processes.
• Design and implement features and applications, including data models, interfaces, access controls, and audit requirements; document significant design decisions.
• Take new manufacturing applications from requirements gathering through prototyping, building, piloting, user training, and operational handover.
• Build and maintain integrations with NetSuite, identity providers, telemetry, and other systems, following least-privilege and secret-handling practices.
• Use AI to improve development efficiency and support scalable delivery of applications and services.
• Write unit, integration, and database tests; maintain the continuous-integration suite and verify changes against realistic data before release.
• Investigate and fix production defects, answer user questions, participate in on-call or escalation rotations, and contribute to post-incident reviews.
• Help maintain dependencies, security updates, pipelines, monitoring, backups, failover readiness, and operational runbooks.
• Protect controlled and sensitive data by following company and cybersecurity requirements and implementing access control, audit trails, and input validation.
• Review and test AI-generated code before submitting it, and state clearly what has and has not been verified.
• Work with application users to understand their processes, communicate interface and workflow changes, and document code, operations, and decisions.
• Constructively review teammates’ changes and share knowledge so teammates can ship, deploy, and recover the applications.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO).
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the company and many benefits paid at 100% for employees.
• Flexible, affordable gym memberships with access to 12,700+ nationwide options and on-demand workout videos.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Company wellness programs supporting physical and mental well-being.
• Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources.
• Opportunity to work alongside a highly talented team in an innovative, mission-driven environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior