Description
As a Senior Ground Software Engineer, you oversee ground software production, development, and integration and test. Your primary responsibility is furthering the design and development of the MSS Ground Software System.
You disposition and adjudicate root cause and corrective actions as they arise. Secondary responsibilities are design focused. Working closely with the Ground Software Team, technicians, integration and test engineers, and other managers as required, you also lead proposal efforts related to ground software and establish yourself as the Ground Software System Subject Matter Expert.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Oversees the design, development, test, and maintenance of ground software throughout the end-to-end lifecycle that meets industry, customer, safety, and regulation standards
- Oversees the review, analysis, and translation of customer requirements into initial design of software products
- Reviews the development, maintenance, enhancement and optimization of software products and functionalities for systems integrations
- Oversees development, documentation and maintenance of architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software products
- Oversees debugging and resolution of issues identified to ensure the reliability and efficiency of software products
- Oversees handling of user inquiries, troubleshooting technical issues and user feedback analysis
- Oversees research and implementation of current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks and changes in regulations relevant to software development
- Leads development, establishment, monitoring and improvement of software processes, tools and key performance metrics that align projects with organizational goals and industry benchmarks
- Reviews planning, execution and documentation of software research and development projects
- Consults on software domains, system-specific issues, processes and regulations
- Oversees software project management activities and software supplier management functions
- Oversees tracking and evaluation of software team and supplier performance to ensure product and process compliance to project plans and industry standards
Benefits:
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs
- Paid and unpaid time away from work
Requirements:
- Master's degree in an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry and 14 or more years' related work experience
- 14 or more years' experience designing and developing software in a production environment
- Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency with containerization and container orchestration practices using Docker, Podman, Helm and Kubernetes
- Previous experience with ground systems and mission operations
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code practices
- Experience with CI/CD principles and software forges
- Demonstrated experience with Python webserver frameworks (Twisted, Flask, FastAPI)
- Experience with client/server networking technologies and relationships such as TCP/UDP, HTTP (REST), protobuf/gRPC and message brokers like Active MQ.
- Demonstrated experience with backend development interacting with relational, time-series, and document databases (ex: PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, MongoDB).
- Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices
- Experience with iterative and agile software development