Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering Flight Test 1

Job Title: Specialist Systems Engineer

Job Code: 42383

Job Location: Greenville TX

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Specialist Systems Engineering to support the design development integration and delivery of advanced software solutions for mission-critical defense systems. The ideal candidate will have experience leading technical efforts across the full software development lifecycle collaborating directly with customers and developing secure scalable solutions in cross-functional engineering environments. This role requires a strong background in software architecture systems integration diagnostics automation and secure software development along with the ability to work across multiple programming languages and platforms.

Essential Functions:

• Lead end-to-end software development efforts including architecture design implementation testing documentation and delivery.
• Serve as a primary technical interface with customers coordinating schedules communicating progress and aligning deliverables with evolving requirements.
• Design and develop scalable authentication and authorization solutions to enforce system access control policies.
• Lead small technical teams in the development of diagnostics and monitoring tools to improve system health visibility and accelerate root-cause analysis.
• Investigate customer requests analyze requirements and implement effective software solutions.
• Maintain and update interface definition documentation and other technical artifacts.
• Design and implement software libraries for integration between Java applications and native APIs on Windows and Linux systems.
• Develop and maintain unit tests for C Python and Java-based applications.
• Support software modernization efforts including containerization and reduction of technical debt in legacy codebases.
• Automate development and release processes using scripting and web automation tools.
• Contribute to multiple software programs through feature enhancements bug fixes security updates and platform improvements.
• Create user manuals and technical documentation to support delivered capabilities.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced dynamic environment with time-critical requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Current orrecently heldTop Secret/SCIDoDsecurityclearance andbe able tomaintainrequired clearance.
• Must be able to work occasional weekend or overtime hours asrequired.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Software Engineering or related technical field and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Software Engineering or related technical field and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree a minimum 8 years of prior related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ELINT receiver systems signal analysisequipmentand techniques.
• Demonstrated experience with ELINT databases such as EPL CED EWIR MIDB etc.
• Demonstrated professional software engineering experience in defense aerospace or other mission-critical environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading software development efforts and/or small technical teams.
• Demonstrated practical experience with:
  • C / C
  • Python
  • Java
  • Bash
• Demonstrated experience with software development on Windows and Linux platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with unit testing frameworks and software verification practices.
• Demonstrated experience with technical documentation interface definitions and customer-facing engineering communication.
• Demonstrated familiarity with secure software practices and access control implementation.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Rust
• Docker/Podman
• CMake
• Google Test
• JNI development
• Selenium automation
• Experience supporting ELINT airborne mission systems communications systems or similar defense platforms.
• Experience containerizing development environments.
• Experience automating manual engineering or release processes.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects ahead of schedule.
• Prior recognition for software engineering excellence or technical achievement.
• Hardwaretroubleshootingand maintenanceexperience.
• Experience with JIRA/Confluence/DOORS