Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

LOCATION: Arlington, VA

JOBSTATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Top Secret

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TRAVEL: As Needed

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer located at the NAVSEA PEO IWS 3.0 Program Office in Arlington, VA. Astrion has worked extensively with PEO IWS 3.0 where it has earned a reputation for on-time delivery of high-quality products tailored to the needs of its clients.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

 Must be flexible in adapting to deadlines, changing schedules, competing priorities, and unpredictable events

• Thorough, detail oriented, and organized, with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks at once
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and independent thinker with out-of-the-box ideas
• Leadership skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree required, with at least 10 years of related experience
• knowledge of all aspects of agile software development in support of DoD missile systems programs
• Knowledge and experience in software design, development, test, and project management is required
• Specific knowledge and experience with embedded or real time software in missile systems is required
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software design, development, test, and process management
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, software best practices, agile development, and project management of missile systems development
• Specific knowledge of the Standard Missile and Navy weapon systems is highly desirable
• Knowledge of the responsibilities of the applicable Government and contractor activities and their interfaces is a plus

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate the embedded tactical flight software, test equipment software, modeling and simulation software, and firmware for the Standard Missile
• Identify issues, provide technical assessment of software issues identified and report expected impacts on the program
• Monitor the software development activities and report anomalies, risk areas, and provide suggestions for corrective action
• Review software development documentation to assess adherence to program technical requirements
• Assess development schedules to evaluate reasonableness and approach
• Evaluate software tools for appropriateness and needed functionality
• Assess the development practices utilized by the software development contractors against known best practices
• Provide specific recommendations for improvement to the developers as well as the Government managers
• Provide assessment of risks to the programs, along with analysis of any proposed mitigation steps
• Review software development plans software requirement specifications, software build plans, software design documents, interface requirement specifications, software build plans, software test plans, software test descriptions, and software related management documents for technical accuracy and traceability
• Review proposals for reasonableness
• 25% travel to contractor site may be required.
• Ad-hoc support as required.