Software Engineer (Engineer Software 1)

HII's Mission Technologies division•Syracuse, NY

15h•Onsite

About The Position

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 C5ISR 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. Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. 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. From high-level, self-hosted User Interface software and networking down to low-level Operating System or bare-metal software/drivers running on System-on-a-Chip CPUs/FPGAs/GPUs. HII offers an array of software development opportunities at all layers of the stack for rapid prototypes, new product design, and fielded hardware that protect and support the American warfighter and our nation’s interests.

Requirements

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.
Ability to obtain and maintain a secret government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

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, filesystems, 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.

Responsibilities

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 lifecycles.
Independently derives requirements into actionable tasks.
Follow all company policies and guidelines, including familiarity with company-wide software practices.