Software Engineer 3 - 28481

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.•Virginia Beach, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This opportunity resides with Uncrewed Systems (UxS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Uncrewed Systems comprises unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomy software. HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). HII Unmanned Systems (HII UxS) is seeking a software developer to join our software engineering team! In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing and testing autonomy software for unmanned maritime products. You will be actively engaged in developing the next generation autonomy for our Unmanned system product portfolio. Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Requirements

5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Robotics Engineering.
5+ years hands-on experience in software development and architecture design
In-depth knowledge of programming languages such as C++ and Python
Experience with Data Distribution Service (DDS)
Experience with Linux operating systems
Experience with Atlassian tools
Strong knowledge of version control
Experience with virtualization and containerization
Debugging expertise with hard-to-reproduce whole-system problems.
Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a government clearance
Ability to successfully function in a team with cross-functional team members and multi-tasking.

Nice To Haves

Experience with autonomous systems
Experience with maritime technology
Experience with maritime robotics

Responsibilities

Demonstrate the ability to be creative and innovative by designing, developing, and maintaining solutions to complex autonomy problems for HII UxS products.
Be responsible for software product and customer deliverables.
Document software development requirements, design, and implementation.
Enhance features and fix existing defects for customer.
Effectively communicate findings, problems and solutions to functional, project teams, as well as external customers.
Coordinate with system, firmware, hardware and other engineering teams to implement the highest quality software solution.
Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment and defects.
Follow software development process and best practices.