Pr025-048 Software Obsolescence Engineer

QTEC Aerospace is seeking a SOFTWARE OBSOLESCENCE ENGINEER to join our team of professionals in Huntsville AL. The qualified applicant will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidate will be detail oriented have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.

Job Summary

QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program engineering and technical support to Missile Defense programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but may not be limited to the following:

• Life-cycle management risk mitigation strategies and collaboration across teams to ensure seamless integration of newer platforms while phasing out outdated ones

• Responsible for maintaining compliance with relevant cybersecurity system reliability or safety standards

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with a focus on software systems with at least 2 years of experience in software development lifecycle management or obsolescence tracking within a highly regulated industry (e.g. Aerospace & Defense Automotive or Healthcare)

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Familiarity with identifying and managing risks associated with outdated platforms compilers or dependent libraries

• Knowledge of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Software Roadmaps

• Understanding of real-time embedded software systems and/or mission-critical software applications

• Experience working with software lifecycle management tools dependency management analyzers and obsolescence tracking databases

• Familiarity with product roadmaps for major software vendors (e.g. Microsoft Red Hat Wind River) and assessing their impact on system compatibility

• Experience mitigating software obsolescence risks and ensuring compatibility across system upgrades

• Strong organizational skills to develop and track detailed obsolescence strategies timelines and resource requirements

• Competency with software development tools (e.g. Git JIRA or Jenkins)

• Experience with virtualization tools (e.g. VMware Docker) for legacy software preservation or porting

• Demonstrated ability to innovate solutions to address software dependencies long-term support (LTS) requirements and sustainability challenges
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed

• Self-motivated and customer-oriented

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret or higher-level security Clearance

Desired Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Masters degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or a related field

• Certifications such as Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) CSPO (Scrum Product Owner) CompTIA Security or equivalent

• Experience with modernizing or rehosting legacy software frameworks (e.g. porting from outdated platforms to new systems or converting monolithic architectures to microservices)

• Expertise in managing obsolete/unsupported software library dependencies operating systems or tools

• Knowledge of Agile and DevSecOps methodologies in development and sustainment projects

• Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines in mission-critical settings

• Expertise in software version control configuration management and managing software lifecycle processes including retirement upgrades and replacements

• Knowledge of relevant standards such as RTCA-DO-178C (Software Considerations for Aerospace Systems) or MIL-STD-498

• Experience evaluating licensing models end-of-life (EOL) notices and potential software rehost/porting efforts for compliance

• Proficiency in assessing hardware/software dependencies and developing mitigation strategies to prevent cascading obsolescence risks

• Experience conducting cost-benefit analyses for software refreshes upgrades or retrofits

• Ability to work closely with systems engineers on software-hardware integration challenges during upgrades or requalification efforts

• Familiar with digital twins or simulation environments to evaluate software transitions for legacy systems

• Ability to navigate vendor relationships including planning for end-of-support solutions licensing extensions and third-party sustainment options

• Technical knowledge of vendor-specific solutions (e.g. Wind River VxWorks Red Hat Enterprise Linux or similar)

• Familiarity with NIST 800-53 CMMC or other cybersecurity frameworks to sustain software systems in compliance with regulatory requirements

• Awareness of anti-counterfeit measures and managing risks from unauthorized/unsupported software sources

• Active DoD Secretor Top Secret clearance preferred

Security Clearance

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Location

Huntsville AL

QTEC Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local state or federally protected class characteristic or non-merit based factor.

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