Associate Software Engineer

Description

The company has spent 30+ years designing, implementing, training and supporting high-quality, cost-effective IT and business intelligence solutions. About 500 people serve 75 defense, commercial and government clients from 50+ U.S. locations and 9 countries.

The company is part of a larger aerospace group's global services unit. This role supports the next generation mission planning system for the Department of Defense, a franchise program. You will join a scrum team using the SAFe Agile method to build weapon planning software. The system uses microservices, with TypeScript and React on the front end and mainly C for back-end services.

Responsibilities

• Help design, develop, test and maintain software across the full lifecycle.
• Work with the Product Owner to review and analyze customer requirements and turn them into an initial software design.
• Build, maintain, enhance and optimize software products and features for system integrations.
• Document architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software products.
• Debug and resolve issues to keep software reliable and efficient.
• Troubleshoot technical problems.
• Help create, establish, monitor and improve software processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher, or an equivalent.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret clearance.
• 3+ years of software development in languages such as TypeScript, C and/or C++.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Clear communication and experience working with cross-functional teams such as systems engineers, hardware engineers and program managers.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle, including Agile methods.
• Experience with unit, integration and system-level testing in complex software environments.
• Working knowledge of version control and configuration management tools such as Git, SVN or similar.
• Ability to write clear documentation for software designs, interface specifications and test plans.
• Preferred: Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science or computer science, plus 2+ years of related work experience; or a Bachelor's degree with 6+ years in directly related roles; or 10+ years in a related, relevant field.
• Preferred: 4+ years of software development in TypeScript, JavaScript, C and/or C++.
• Preferred: Experience with RESTful interfaces.
• Preferred: Prior work on defense, aerospace or mission-critical software, ideally involving OMS or open architecture systems.
• Preferred: Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and secure coding practices for mission systems.
• Preferred: Experience designing, developing and integrating modular software components that follow open architecture principles.
• Preferred: Experience integrating software components through standardized interfaces.
• Preferred: Understanding of software architecture, design patterns and best practices.

Conditions

Based in Maryland Heights, MO, on Shift 1 in the United States.

Not a safety-sensitive position and not contingent upon program award.

Relocation assistance is not negotiable for this role.

No language requirement applies.

The company is a Drug Free Workplace. Post-offer applicants and employees may be tested for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP and alcohol when criteria in company policy are met.

The role must meet U.S. export control requirements, so you must be a U.S. Person under 22 C.F.R. §120.62: a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, refugee or asylee.

The U.S. Government requires U.S. citizenship for the clearance. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret clearance is required after your start date.

The company will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Pay depends on your experience and qualifications, along with market and business considerations.

Benefits

• A total rewards package with competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees can enroll in benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Available programs vary by factors such as geographic location and date of hire.