Software EngineerDeveloper, Lead

The Senior Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership software engineering expertise and team management support for a mid-size simulation development program. This position is responsible for leading software design development integration testing deployment and sustainment activities across one or more simulation software workstreams while helping manage software personnel technical priorities development processes and delivery performance. The Senior Lead Software Engineer combines hands-on software engineering capability with leadership of development teams to ensure simulation software solutions are delivered in alignment with program requirements architecture objectives quality standards schedule commitments and mission needs. The role requires experience in simulation software development technical integration and leading software teams in a collaborative engineering environment.

• Lead software engineering activities for a mid-size simulation development program including design development integration testing deployment and sustainment.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership and team coordination for software developers working on simulation applications services interfaces and supporting tools.
• Support planning tasking prioritization and execution of software work to meet program cost schedule performance and quality objectives.
• Translate simulation system requirements and operational needs into software development approaches architectures and implementation plans.
• Oversee software design decisions coding practices integration approaches and defect resolution efforts.
• Support software team management including work assignment technical mentoring collaboration and performance support for assigned personnel.
• Coordinate software development activities with systems engineering test integration cybersecurity configuration management and program management teams.
• Contribute to software architecture interface design data flow design and technical baseline management for simulation solutions.
• Ensure software products are secure maintainable scalable and aligned with approved engineering standards and lifecycle processes.
• Lead or support agile iterative or hybrid software development activities such as sprint planning backlog refinement demonstrations reviews and retrospectives.
• Review source code technical designs build processes and test results to ensure technical quality and readiness.
• Support troubleshooting of complex software and integration issues across simulation components and development environments.
• Track software team progress technical risks dependencies and issues and communicate status to program leadership.
• Support software release planning configuration management DevSecOps processes and environment coordination.
• Participate in customer meetings technical reviews milestone events and management briefings as needed.

THIS HYBRID POSITION REQUIRES 3 DAYS OF WORK IN THE OFFICE AND 2 DAYS REMOTE PER WEEK

• Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical field.
• Top Secret Clearance
• Significant experience in software design development integration and testing.
• Experience leading software teams or serving in a software technical lead role.
• Experience supporting simulation systems modeling and simulation applications training systems or other complex software-intensive environments.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages frameworks and development environments relevant to the program.
• Experience with software lifecycle processes version control issue tracking and software integration practices.
• Ability to lead technical work resolve complex engineering issues and coordinate cross-functional development activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team leadership role within a multidisciplinary program environment.