Software Engineer

Cenergy International • Contract • Manhattan Beach, California, United States • $50 - $155 / hour • 8h ago

WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)
TRAVEL: Yes, 50% of the Time

We have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

We are looking for a Software Lead to support our Communications Systems Software (CSS) department. As a member of the CSS department, you'll work in a fast-paced team environment to make our technologies a reality. This position will be based on-site in Redondo Beach, CA, with 50% travel to Woodland Hills, CA, to manage the execution, development, integration, and delivery of the Navigation Payload system for the Space Development Agency's portfolio of programs.

The Software Lead should have management experience and will be responsible for directing a team of engineers and coordinating with teams from different sectors and divisions. The Software Lead will drive program execution toward the software delivery schedule and should be familiar with software development best practices to right-size the effort's needs (e.g., configuration management, unit testing). The Software Lead should have experience with VxWorks and Workbench, as well as experience or familiarity with the technical baseline, including Pointing, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and Global Positioning System (GPS). The Software Lead will guide process improvements, particularly in configuration management, code quality practices, and making optimal task assignments, as well as understanding and documenting the technical baseline and architecture.

The Navigation Payload system encompasses software development in a resource-constrained target environment with soft and hard real-time requirements for various flight/space/ground systems. The software will typically implement complex data analysis, data routing, and/or control systems algorithms. Candidate will need familiarity with various processor, memory, and I/O architectures and be able to implement both procedua ral and embedded software in C/C++ utilizing real-time operating system (VxWorks) and Wind River Workbench.

The ideal candidate should have both academic and work experience in software engineering and development, encompassing the full life cycle of automated test sets/test systems for aerospace programs. Experience working in a process-oriented environment utilizing agile processes is also desired. The selected candidate should also have strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working on large teams with talented engineers from other engineering disciplines. Must be comfortable working in a lab environment.

The organization is seeking a candidate who demonstrates both long-term vision and execution, as well as a system-level understanding. The ideal candidate has corporate experience in a full-time role that requires cross-collaboration with systems and hardware engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

Direct a team of engineers and coordinate with stakeholders from different sectors and divisions
Effectively drive program execution toward the software delivery schedule
Leverage software development best practices to right-size the needs of the effort (e.g. configuration management, unit testing).
Guide process improvement, especially in configuration management, code quality practices, making optimal tasking assignments, and understanding and documenting the technical baseline and architecture.
Requirements decomposition and reporting of status and metrics to program leadership
Design, develop, document, test, and debug application software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product software.
Determine overall system and user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls; prepare operating instructions; design and develop utility programs.
Ensure software standards are met.
Design and execute tests to ensure the software's functionality, performance, and reliability.

Basic Qualifications for a Software Engineer:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 12+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree with 10+ years of software development experience, OR Ph.D. with 8+ years of software development experience
Prior management experience directing a team of software engineers effectively, driving program execution toward the software delivery schedule
Prior experience guiding process improvement, configuration management, and code quality practices
Experience with VxWorks and Workbench
Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming
Prior or current corporate experience in a full-time role that requires cross-collaboration with engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications for Software Engineer:

Experience in Agile process and Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, BitBucket, etc.)
Experience with or familiarity with the technical baseline of Pointing, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), and Global Positioning System (GPS).
Experience across the various life cycle phases, including software systems architecture development, requirements definition and analysis, OO development, code and unit testing, system integration and testing.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $155.00 per hour

Work Location: In person