Mission Systems Software Engineer — Secret Clearance

Star3; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TRISTAR is seeking a talented Computer Engineer to join our development team. You will develop, test, and maintain software and firmware for EW and tactical mission systems, ensuring high quality and compliance with technical standards, in a collaborative environment.

The role spans the full software lifecycle—from design and development to upgrades and sustainment. You will analyze requirements, implement algorithms, run unit and IV&V tests, and document results, often using git-based

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing, coding, integrating, testing, and maintaining software.
• Proficiency in Python, C, C++, Java, or similar programming languages.
• Experience with unit, integration, and system-level software testing.
• Experience with requirements analysis, traceability, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with git-based version control and configuration management.
• Ability to troubleshoot software and integrated systems in laboratory or operational test environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, and maintain computer software and firmware supporting EW and tactical mission systems.
• Support the full software lifecycle, including system design, new development, upgrades, modernization, and sustainment of fielded systems.
• Plan, design, code, test, integrate, and deliver algorithms, models, source code, executables, and software applications.
• Analyze system requirements and support development of test objectives, plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Perform requirements development, validation, traceability, risk assessment, and mitigation planning.
• Conduct unit, integration, system-level, regression, and IV&V testing.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test designs, procedures, and test results and document discrepancies.
• Participate in code reviews, user acceptance testing, automated testing, and technical documentation.
• Use Government-accessible git-based repositories and follow software configuration management practices.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and improve software to correct defects, improve performance, address vulnerabilities, and support changing operating environments.
• Support software architecture, quality assurance, cloud services, cybersecurity, and integration into larger mission systems and networks.
• Support laboratory and field testing and prepare required engineering and software documentation.

Skills

Python

C

C++

Java

Communication

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Git

Job description

TRISTAR is seeking a talented Computer Engineer to join our development team. You will develop, test, and maintain software and firmware for EW and tactical mission systems, ensuring high quality and compliance with technical standards, in a collaborative environment.

The role spans the full software lifecycle—from design and development to upgrades and sustainment. You will analyze requirements, implement algorithms, run unit and IV&V tests, and document results, often using git-based