Software Engineer 2or3

Akina, Inc.
Fort Meade, MD, United States
14 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$241,000.0 - $320,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

HTML Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Microsoft Windows Booting (BIOS) Ubuntu (Operating System) CentOS Configuration Management Signals Intelligence Continuous Integration Software Debugging Linux
+23 more
Eclipse (Software) Linux on Embedded Systems Embedded Software Ethernet Firmware GPS Navigation Devices Hardware Interface Design Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards) Apache Maven RabbitMQ Software Engineering Software Systems System Testing Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Visual Studio Online Serial Peripheral Interface ReactJS Openwrt Gitlab-ci Information Technology Atlassian Tools Front End Software Development Cyber Warfare

Job description

Seeking a well-rounded Senior Software Engineer to provide customer support and infrastructure services with rapid response capabilities in support of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Cyber Solutions mission objectives., * Provide timely, mission-critical software development and support to government customers in SIGINT and cyber operations.

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy software across embedded and general-purpose systems, including Windows and Linux variants.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support hardware interfaces and firmware integration.
  • Perform debugging, documentation, and analysis of software and hardware issues.
  • Support field integration, system testing, and deployments.
  • Contribute to configuration management, continuous integration, and lifecycle software support.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have extensive end-to-end software engineering experience across embedded and system layers, coupled with strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to integrate and support complex hardware/software systems., * Proficiency in Java/Swing, Spring Tools Suite (STS), Eclipse, VS Code, and Maven.

  • Experience with Java Fire / legacy Java JFire development or support.
  • Embedded software development and deployment experience on Windows and Linux variants such as Rocky, CentOS, Ubuntu, and OpenWRT.
  • Familiarity with RabbitMQ, software debugging tools, and hardware interfaces including JTAG, I2C, SPI, UART, and Ethernet.
  • Configuration management and continuous integration experience using GitLab CI/CD.
  • Experience using Jira and Confluence for ticketing and documentation management.

Position Desired Skills:

  • Front-end experience with React and JavaScript/HTML.
  • Basic RF and GPS systems knowledge.
  • Understanding of embedded Linux boot process, bootloaders, initramfs, kernel boot, systemd, and time synchronization tools such as chrony/NTP.
  • Troubleshooting experience with PCB and electrical interconnections., Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience. Four years of experience may substitute for the degree., BS+14 years experience

Benefits & conditions

Salary Range: **$241k-$320k (Annually)

**The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees’ needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer’s mission.

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