Real-Time Software Engineers (Associate or Experienced)

Description

The company's Precision Engagement Systems group in St. Charles, MO, in the St. Louis metro area, is hiring several software engineers at associate or experienced level.

The work supports the software engineering team in the company's defense, space and security business (BDS).

The group builds precision-guided weapons used around the world to defend the United States and more than 30 U.S. allied countries.

The St. Charles team supports direct attack weapons and cruise missiles carried on a range of military aircraft and some ground platforms.

The team builds and maintains Operational Flight Program (OFP) software and other real-time embedded software that handles mission processing. The code is written in Ada, developed with Agile methods, and managed with Jira, BitBucket, Confluence and Artifactory within a secure digital toolchain.

Teams are hiring across many experience levels.

Responsibilities

• Work with an engineering team spanning several disciplines to build and implement OFP software.
• Take part in every stage of the development lifecycle within an Agile setup.
• Build solutions in Ada and C/C++.
• Test your code and support system-level testing to confirm it works correctly.
• Review problem reports and find and fix software defects.
• Grow your leadership skills.
• Work directly with U.S. Air Force and Navy customers.

Requirements

• Required: Ability to obtain a U.S. secret security clearance.
• Required: Bachelor's degree.
• Required: At least 3 years programming in C, C++ or Ada.
• Required: At least 3 years in real-time embedded software development.
• Required: At least 3 years building software using object-oriented principles.
• Required: At least 3 years working on a team.
• Required: Complete a CodeVue technical assessment as part of selection. Not completing it removes you from consideration.
• Preferred: 5 or more years of related work experience, or an equivalent mix of education and experience.
• Preferred: Level 2 option: Bachelor of Science from an accredited program 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 plus 6+ years of directly related work experience; or 10+ years of related, relevant experience.
• Preferred: Level 3 option: Bachelor of Science from an accredited program in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science or computer science, plus 5+ years of related work experience; or a Bachelor's degree plus 9+ years of directly related work experience; or 13+ years of related, relevant experience.
• Preferred: Active U.S. secret clearance.
• Preferred: Experience with Ada, Python or C.
• Preferred: Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Preferred: Experience with Git or a similar version control system.
• Preferred: Experience developing and tracing software requirements.

Conditions

To meet U.S. export control rules, you must be a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylees.

The role requires the ability to obtain a U.S. secret clearance, which the U.S. Government limits to U.S. citizens. An interim and/or final U.S. secret clearance is required after start.

The company will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

This is not a safety-sensitive position.

This position is not contingent upon program award.

Shift 1, based in the United States.

No language requirement applies.

Successful candidates must pass the company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment.

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

Benefits

• Total Rewards package with competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Pay is based on experience, qualifications, market conditions and business considerations.
• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs that generally include health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Benefit availability may vary by location, hire date and collective bargaining agreements.
• Relocation is offered based on candidate eligibility. Basic relocation is offered to eligible internal candidates.
• A signing bonus may be available to eligible, qualified external candidates.