Software Systems Engineer

• Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, and maintain computer software and firmware supporting Electronic Warfare systems, tactical information systems, test facilities, and training environments.
• Support software efforts across the lifecycle, including initial system design, new development, upgrades to fielded systems, and replacement of existing capabilities.
• Plan, design, code, test, integrate, and deliver algorithms, models, software source code, executables, and computer programs in support of customer requirements.
• Analyze system-level requirements to ensure that test definitions, objectives, plans, and acceptance criteria are sufficient to validate system requirements and operational needs.
• Perform and support requirements development, validation, traceability analysis, risk assessment, and mitigation planning for software upgrades and development efforts.
• Support software testing activities including unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression analysis, and independent verification and validation (IV&V).
• Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test designs, cases, procedures, and execution results and document discrepancies in accordance with approved plans.
• Participate in code reviews, user acceptance testing, and development of automated software test results and documentation.
• Utilize Government-accessible source code repositories based on git and support disciplined software configuration management practices.
• Support software maintenance activities to correct faults, improve performance, address vulnerabilities, and adapt software to modified operating environments.
• Contribute to software architecture, quality assurance, requirement documentation, cloud-service support, and integration of software into larger mission systems and networks.
• Support work in both lab and field test environments, including Government-led testing and troubleshooting of integrated systems.
• Prepare technical reports, software documentation, and related engineering artifacts required to support development, testing, and sustainment.

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline., * 3+ years of professional experience in software development, software engineering, computer science, or closely related work.

• Experience designing, coding, integrating, testing, and maintaining software in a structured engineering environment.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, or similar.
• Experience with software testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and system-level testing.
• Experience with requirements analysis, traceability, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with git-based version control and software configuration management practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot software and integrated system issues in lab or operational test environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with software, systems, test, and cybersecurity teams.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance., * Experience supporting DoD, Navy, Electronic Warfare, tactical information systems, or mission-system software.
• Experience with automated test frameworks, IV&V, regression testing, and requirements/test traceability tools.
• Familiarity with software architecture, cloud services, MBSE-adjacent development environments, or networked mission systems.
• Experience with cybersecurity best practices, secure software development, or remediation of software vulnerabilities in operational systems.
• Experience supporting Government-led testing, lab demonstrations, field testing, or training systems.
• Familiarity with software support activities such as SSA planning, software optimization, lifecycle metrics, and software configuration planning.