Junior Software Integration/Test Engineer

DCS Corporation; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education aid for part-time students

Stock ownership

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Retirement contribution

Parental leave

Job summary

DCS Corporation in Dayton, Ohio seeks a Junior Software Integration/Test Engineer to support autonomy and control system testing for air platforms. You will work on containerized services, develop test fixtures, and create interface control documents to enable integration across maneuvering, sensing, and communications.

Ideal candidates hold a BS in CS/CE or related field with programming experience, familiarity with automated testing, Git, and Linux.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required due to government work.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret DoD clearance.
• BS in CS/CE or related technical field with programming experience.
• Experience with automated testing and containerized deployments.
• Familiarity with Linux and AGILE software development processes.
• Experience with source control systems (Git).
• Strong teamwork and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Design software test fixtures and interface control documents.
• Develop and execute integration test plans and test cases.
• Work with containerized autonomy services and evaluate autonomy systems.
• Document test results for government and contractor stakeholders.
• Some travel may be required.

Skills

Automated testing

CI/CD

Linux

AGILE software development

Git

Python

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

CONAN

CMake

Dev containers

Job description

DCS Corporation, an employee-owned company, is seeking a Junior Software Integration/Test Engineer to support our Aerospace Technology Development team in Dayton, Ohio. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-impact, multi-year initiative focused on testing and evaluating cutting-edge, autonomy and autonomous control systems for air platforms which will integrate capabilities across maneuvering, communications, sensing, user interface design, and performance monitoring and evaluation.

DCS offers competitive benefits including education aid as a part time student, stock ownership, health, dental, retirement contribution, and parental leave for full-time employees.

Essential Job Functions

• In this role, the successful candidate will work with containerized autonomy services, design software test fixtures, develop interface control documents, apply industry best practices for software test, develop and execute integration test plans and test cases and document test results for government and contractor stakeholders.

Some travel may be required.

Required Skills

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Able to obtain and maintain a Secret level U.S. DoD security clearance.
• Must have a BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering) with demonstrated programming experience.
• Familiarity with automated testing, test results analysis, containerized deployments, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Linux.
• Familiarity with AGILE software development processes.
• Understanding of software architecture design.
• Experience working with source code control systems (specifically Git).
• Good organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.

Desired Skills

• Active U.S. DoD security clearance.
• Two years of related experience or master’s degree with 1 year of experience. Industry relevant co-op or internship experience is applicable.
• Experience developing in Python.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with CONAN, CMAKE, and dev containers.
• Experience working with containers/containerized environments.
• Experience and understanding of autonomy and control systems.
• Experience with modeling, simulation, and analysis frameworks.
• Experience working with UDP and TCP/IP communication.