Entry Level Software Engineer

i3; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

i3 seeks a Software Engineer with 0–3 years of professional experience to help develop cutting-edge C2 and autonomy software for uncrewed platforms. You’ll work on a web-based UI for tasking UxS platforms and contribute to a DoD program from Huntsville, AL.

Typical duties include agile development, flight-critical software practices, architecture reviews, and automated tests with strong CM discipline. Security clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen required.
• Bachelor’s degree (ABET preferred) in CS/Engineering/Math or hard sciences.
• 0–3 years of professional experience required.
• Team player and creative, adaptive, eager to learn.
• OO design skills and ability to develop automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Work with an Agile team delivering value to a DoD customer in small, incremental iterations.
• Follow software safety practices to develop flight-critical software.
• Perform architecture reviews, documentation updates and comprehensive testing.
• Develop designs with object-oriented methods and tests.
• Maintain proper configuration management and code integrity.

Skills

U.S. Citizen

0-3 years experience

OO design

Unit tests

Automation

Collaboration

Configuration management

C#/.NET

JavaScript

TypeScript

React.js

Docker

Microservices

XP/ Agile

Git

Linux

Web development

Drones familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related (ABET preferred)

Tools

Git

Docker

Job description

Overview i3 is seeking a Software Engineer with 0-3 years of professional experience to help develop cutting edge command and control (C2) and autonomy software for uncrewed platforms including planes, boats, vehicles, and submersibles. This team is developing a web-based user interface for autonomously tasking these UxS platforms.

Responsibilities

The candidate will work with an Agile software development team delivering value to a DoD customer in small, incremental iterations. The candidate will be responsible for following pre-defined software safety practices to develop flight critical software. This includes software architecture reviews, documentation updates, and comprehensive testing of new capabilities. Candidate will develop software designs using best practices and object-oriented methodologies. Candidate will develop automated unit and integration level tests. Candidate must be familiar with good configuration management practices and will be responsible for proper code maintenance, merging, and configuration management. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Education, Experience and Required skills:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Have a Bachelor of Science degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or the hard sciences.
• 0-3 years of professional exprience required.
• Candidate must be a team player and be creative, adaptive, and excited to learn.
• Abilitiy to develop software designs using best practices and object-oriented methodologies.
• Ability to develop automated unit and integration level tests.
• Routine collaboration with team members in developing system capabilities is expected.
• Candidate must be familiar with good configuration management practices and will be responsible for proper code maintenance, merging, and configuration management.
• Position Location: In office in Huntsville, AL
• CONUS Travel required: Less than 10%
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Experience with C#/.NET, Javascript, and Typescript.
• Experience with React.JS.
• Experience with Docker and microservices.
• Prefer understanding of agile software development, ideally Extreme Programming (XP).
• Familiarity with Git for software source control and configuration management.
• Experience with Linux is a plus.
• Experience with web development.
• Familiarity with drones and/or RC Planes, boats, or ground vehicles.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Regular i3 hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, however, additional hours may be required on occasion. Regular and punctual attendance is required.

About i3

Founded in 2007, Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3) is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with additional offices in Orlando, FL, and the National Capital Region. We are a 100% team member-owned mid-tier integrator with over 800 employee-owners, and our culture speaks for itself: we've earned ten Best Places to Work® awards, driven by strong employee engagement, transparent leadership, and a genuine commitment to communication. i3 team members operate at the leading edge of national defense across a broad range of technical disciplines, from systems and software engineering to modeling, simulation, and training solutions to cybersecurity, digital engineering, and enterprise IT. We also take products from prototype through production, bringing that same engineering rigor to manufacturing and delivering hardware at scale. For candidates, that means a rare opportunity: the innovation and mission focus of an engineering services company paired with the hands-on impact of building and delivering real solutions that benefit the Warfighter, all inside an employee-owned company where your contributions directly shape both the mission and your ownership stake in the business.