NAVAIR Software Engineer/Developer

American Systems; California (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is hiring an Acquisition Software Engineer to lead software life cycle activities for DoD programs, including planning, development, and execution with emphasis on mission-critical systems for naval aviation and national defense.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent DoD software experience), a Secret clearance, and US citizenship, with travel to CONUS locations up to six times per year. Local Pax River, NAS presence is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or a technical/scientific degree with software engineering experience on DoD programs.
• Secret clearance required.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Willingness to travel within CONUS up to 6 times per year.
• Local to Pax River, NAS and able to attend meetings in person.

Responsibilities

• Leads and participates in software acquisition activities across the lifecycle.
• Reviews software acquisition documents and attends IPT/CSCI meetings.
• Ensures software meets security, cadence, and quality requirements.
• Coordinates with cyber, CI/CD, and fleet teams for fieldable systems.
• Develops acceptance criteria and tracks agile/development metrics.

Skills

Secret clearance

U.S. citizenship

Bachelor's degree

Junior/Journey level experience

Travel CONUS

Local Pax River NAS

Education

Bachelor's degree or tech/science degree with DoD software experience

Job description

Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

An Acquisition Software Engineer is a key member of the software acquisition team, responsible for providing leadership and technical expertise throughout the software life cycle. This role involves everything from planning and development to the execution of all software engineering activities for various programs. Exhibits extensive knowledge of mission planning systems, system architecture, and software development methodologies.

Responsibilities

As our next Software Engineer/Developer forNAVAIR,you'll collaborate with talented professionals to create innovative, mission-critical solutions that empower naval aviation and defense operations. Your expertise will help shape cutting-edge systems, enhance national security, and drive technological advancement for our nation.

• Development and Testing:
  • Assists and provides guidance in defining software performance requirements and software design.
  • Provides testing support and facilitates communications between development teams and the systems integration and testing entities.
  • Manages software production backlog, prioritizing emerging needs with existing work in progress, resolution of bugs and incorporating enhancements.
  • Captures and refines fleet feedback to drive future product development.
  • Validates iterative software’s adherence to low-level requirements/acceptance criteria.

• Technical Expertise:
  • Possesses extensive knowledge of software development environments and processes.
  • Performs problem analysis during all phases of development and integration, with experience in trade space management.
  • Has extensive knowledge of and experience implementing modern DevSecOps practices.
  • Comfortable interacting with in-development software systems, maintaining familiarity with changes to products and their impacts to relevant customer/user communities.

• Specific Duties:
  • Attends pertinent IPT and Computer Software Configuration Item (CSCI) associated meetings.
  • Reviews software acquisition documents.
  • Coordinates review activities for documents pertaining to assigned CSCIs.
  • Ensures the generation of pertinent risks, issues, and opportunities for pertinent CSCIs and supports the IPT in their maintenance.
  • Attends and represents the software team at milestone software reviews as requested.
  • Provides trip reports.
  • Advises on software development and testing techniques.
  • Performs software/design doc audits.
  • Determines if delivered software is of adequate quality and adheres to software and cybersecurity best practices.
  • Ensures development’s adherence to the CM plan.
  • Assist the cost team in gathering software data for cost estimates.
  • Ensure the team follows software risks and mitigation plans
  • Assists in establishing and enforcing DevSecOps methodologies and practices within the developer teams.
  • Provides system demonstrations to stakeholders and the development enterprise when required as new software capabilities are implemented.
  • Coordinates with cyber, CI/CD, and fleet integration teams to develop, test, deploy and maintain a fieldable system.
  • Decomposes high-level, fleet-derived capabilities into smaller, well-defined features. With fleet user and SME input, establishes acceptance criteria for derived work.
  • Defines and tracks agile/development metrics, assisting the IPT in translating development metrics into reportable outcomes within the Software Acquisition Pathway.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university; or technical/scientific degree with software engineering experience on DoD program(s)
• Junior or Journey level experience working engineering activities for a technology program
• Must have a Secret clearance with ability to obtain a Top Secret if necessary.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to travel within CONUS up to 6 times per year
• Local to Pax River, NAS and able to make scheduled and adhoc meetings in person.

Experience in any of the following areas is considered enhancing but is not required.

• Working software development and sustainment programs.
• Working DoD acquisition programs.
• Experience as a military aviator or serving in the Navy or Marine Corps
• Experience generating system requirements.
• Experience with DoD mission planning
• Producing and using Model Based Systems Engineering artifacts
• Agile or Agile SAFe processes
• Cyber and system security
• DevSecOps & modern software CI/CD pipelines
• Software technologies such as: Architectures, Networks, Mobile Platforms, Containerization
• Software safety, testing, accreditations

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $105,000.00/Yr. - USD $145,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

EEO Statement

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