Senior Specialist Software Engineer

Job ID#:


225396

Job Category:


IT/Technical

Position Type:


Associate - W2

Duration:


6 months

We have an outstanding Contract position for a Senior Specialist Software Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Huntsville, AL surrounding area.

**US Citizenship is required.**

 **Candidate must possess an Active Secret Security Clearance.**

Seeking a Senior Specialist Software Engineer in Huntsville, AL to develop real-time embedded control software and application software for propulsion systems. This hands-on role supports the full software lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, and testing, in a fast-paced laboratory environment and may include support for live hot-fire engine tests.

Job Responsibilities:  

• Contribute to a software development team responsible for requirements analysis, design, implementation, unit testing, and integration of embedded real-time control system and/or application software. 
• Help develop software documentation, support internal and customer reviews of software work products, and assist with preparation for program milestone reviews.
• Support software process improvement by analyzing software metrics, identifying process gaps, developing and evaluating improvement options, refining metric definitions and collection methods, and assessing industry tools and other resources to advance the growth and maturity of the software organization.
• Must be able to satisfy federal government requirements for access to government information, and having dual citizenship may preclude you from being able to meet this requirement.
• Travel up to 10% may be required to support test activities.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or other related degree, and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience; or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience; or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• 6+ years of experience in embedded real-time software development.
• 6+ years of experience developing software in C/C++.
• Prior Experience working on safety-critical or human-rated software.
• Demonstrated ability to produce comprehensive software development documentation across the full lifecycle for mission‑critical and human‑rated systems.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Real-time Operating System Experience (NI Linux, Integrity, Redhat Linux, QNX).
• Communications Protocols (1553, TCP/IP, RS-422, SPI).
• Unified Modeling Language (UML) with design tools (Enterprise Architect / Rhapsody / Cameo).
• Hardware and Software integration.
• Working knowledge of laboratory test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies).
• Familiarity with software development Integrated Development Environments (IDE) and lifecycle management tools.
• Understanding of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 and greater software processes.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:


Secret

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled 

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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