Principal Software Engineer

Middlesex County, MA - USA

Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer providing support to the Command Control Communications and Battle Management Division (C3BM).

Command Control Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF USSF Joint and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BMs main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE) Operational Response Team (ORT) and multiple mission integration teams such as Air Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space.

This is a full-time position that can be worked out of Hanscom AFB Bedford MA.

Duties include but not limited to:

General Software Engineering & Development

Assess feasibility through analysis problem definition and solution evaluation.
Document and demonstrate solutions using diagrams code and documentation.
Improve operations by analyzing systems and recommending procedural changes.
Acquire and license software by coordinating with vendors and testing products.
Analyze and summarize development and service issues to inform stakeholders.
Support mission goals by completing engineering tasks as required.
Perform SQA to ensure software meets defined quality standards.
Collaborate in Agile teams to design code test and review software and scripts.
Contribute to build deployment and documentation tasks as needed.

Design & Architecture

Support all phases of the acquisition lifecycle through engineering activities and documentation (e.g. AoA SEP CDR).
Conduct system architecture analysis including feasibility studies and state-of-the-art assessments.
Develop and document system architectures identify gaps and recommend solutions using traditional or MBSE approaches.
Maintain system architecture and interoperability requirements.
Define operational requirements and interactions to support system development.
Translate user needs into system-level requirements using DoD acquisition practices.
Analyze training systems and simulators and evaluate their designs.

Acquisition Support

Apply DoD acquisition and sustainment engineering processes across product life cycles.
Prepare/review specifications and apply modeling/simulation to optimize performance.
Develop and integrate milestone documentation and reports per DoD/AF policies.
Review contractor drawings for compliance with specifications and standards.

Technical Management

Support all system engineering activities: requirements design verification risk interfaces and configuration management.
Share lessons learned and best practices while respecting proprietary constraints.
Conduct market research trade studies and system evaluations to guide decisions.
Analyze performance cost reliability and risk to support technical recommendations.
Develop and execute test plans and evaluate test results for acquisition support.
Support logistics maintenance configuration and supply chain efforts including alternate sourcing for obsolescence issues.

Requirements

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret Level Clearance with current SCI eligibility

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree in a related field

Years of experience: 20 years of experience with 12 years of experience in the DoD

Experience with Information Technology (IT) systems and the design development testing evaluation and maintenance of software including software Verification and Validation (V&V). Personnel must meet Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II certification requirements per DoD 8570.01-M.
Experience across the full software development lifecycle for DoD systems including architecture design implementation testing documentation delivery and sustainment with knowledge of software engineering best practices (coding standards code reviews source control build processes and configuration management).
Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training tactics development and range infrastructure systems (desired).
Experience developing networked protocols in Windows and Linux environments (desired).

Additional Information

Location: Hanscom AFB Bedford MA

Benefits

401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Referral program
Vision insurance

Required Skills:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Minimum Required Qualifications Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret Level Clearance with current SCI eligibility Preferred Qualifications Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree in a related field

Required Education:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizenMinimum Required QualificationsClearance:Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret Level Clearance with current SCI eligibilityPreferred QualificationsEducation:Bachelors or Masters Degree in a related field

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer providing support to the Command Control Communications and Battle Management Division (C3BM).Command Control Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the A...