Senior DoD Software Architect & Strategy Lead

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a world leader in remotely piloted aircraft and surveillance systems.

As a Software Architect, you will collaborate with program managers, customers and system architects to understand software needs and architect solutions to meet goals. You will analyze requirements, review architectures, establish cross-functional relationships, and mentor teams while guiding research and development efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in computer science or related field with progressive software development experience.
• Understanding of aviation and DoD airworthiness standards.
• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages.
• Experience with model-based software engineering.
• Broad understanding of software design patterns and architectural styles.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to brief complex concepts to audiences with varied technical backgrounds.
• Ability to multi-task between multiple projects and teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Security Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing customer requirements and developing original architectures.
• Reviewing architecture and software solutions across the product portfolio.
• Establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with managers across the organization.
• Recommending software approaches and tools based on best practices in the industry.
• Contributing to Department of Defense standards groups on behalf of the company.
• Briefing upper management and customers on software.
• Managing original research activities and budgets.
• Estimating software development efforts.
• Optimizing the software development life cycle activities.
• Standing up new development teams and setting the course of their development approach.
• Trouble shooting existing software systems and recommending improvements.
• Training software personnel and reviewing their work.

Skills

Strong communication

Brief complex concepts

Mentorship mindset

Lead multiple projects

DoD security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Master’s degree in CS or related field

PhD in CS or related field

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a world leader in remotely piloted aircraft and surveillance systems.

As a Software Architect, you will collaborate with program managers, customers and system architects to understand software needs and architect solutions to meet goals. You will analyze requirements, review architectures, establish cross-functional relationships, and mentor teams while guiding research and development efforts.