Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4

Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4

United States-Alabama-Huntsville

R10224835

Please note this position is contingent on contract award and funding.

Position Overview:

The selected Software Engineer responsibilities will include the support of the Ground Weapons System (GWS) program as an individual contributor on the Ground Fire Control (GFC) product.

Essential Functions:

• The Software Engineer will be responsible for understanding, implementing, and testing both existing and new capabilities and algorithms, which include complex mathematics and physics-based solutions, that directly support GWS capabilities on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).


• As a Software Engineer on the GFC team, you will be part of a team that writes the software (currently ~1.5 million lines of code) that evaluates and manages the threat scene for the missile defense system that protects the US.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications (BQs):

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Software Engineer - Level 3 or a Senior Principal Software Engineer - Level 4.

Basic Qualifications:

• Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer - Leve 3: Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related work experience, or 1 year of related work experience with a PhD.


• Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Level 4: Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 8 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree and 6 years of related work experience, or 4 years of related work experience with a PhD.


• Recent experience developing software in C++ or Java or Ada


• Willingness to become proficient with Ada software development


• Applicants must possess good communication skills.


• Applicants must demonstrate ability to think critically and capture concepts in work products, presentations, and discussions.


• Capable of working both independently and within a team environment.


• Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment.


• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time to support business needs.


• Applicants must have a current active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations


• Recent MATLAB and Python experience


• Experience on a large-scale missile defense system like GMD.


• Advanced degree or strong background in Mathematics or Physics


• Battle Management or Fire Control experience.


• Experience with Agile Project Management tools (Jira/Confluence) and DevSecOps tools and methods (Jenkins, Ansible, Git/Gitlab) of continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment (CI/CD) automation.

EOE