Senior Software Architect – Embedded Real-Time Systems

TactWare Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TactWare Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks a Software Architect to lead architectural direction for embedded, mission-critical military software on the Precision Fires program. You will guide design decisions, oversee development and modernization, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure system objectives are met.

Responsibilities include shaping software architecture, driving SDLC activities, and mentoring engineers while communicating risks and tradeoffs to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance required.
• U.S. citizenship required due to security clearance constraints.
• Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• An additional six years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Significant experience with C/C++ and object-oriented software design and development.
• Demonstrated experience designing or architecting complex software systems.
• Experience providing technical leadership and guiding software design decisions.
• Experience with embedded, real-time, or other complex software-intensive systems.
• Experience developing and maintaining unit tests and automated software development workflows.
• Experience troubleshooting complex software and system integration issues.
• Experience working in Linux development environments.
• Experience with Git or similar source control systems.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs to both engineering teams and program stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Define and guide software architecture for embedded and mission-critical military systems.
• Lead software design activities and provide technical direction throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Evaluate system and software requirements and translate them into maintainable software architectures and designs.
• Guide the development, integration, testing, and modernization of complex software systems.
• Develop and review software using C/C++ and other object-oriented programming languages as needed.
• Establish and promote sound software engineering practices, including unit testing and automated build/test workflows.
• Analyze complex software and system integration issues and provide technical guidance toward resolution.
• Lead or contribute to software and system design reviews and technical interchange meetings.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, cyber, safety, test, and other engineering disciplines to ensure software architecture supports overall system requirements.
• Evaluate legacy systems and develop modernization/refactoring/technical debt reduction strategies.
• Guide architectural and technical design decisions across software development teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on complex development efforts.
• Communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to engineering teams and program stakeholders.

Skills

C/C++

Object-oriented design

Technical leadership

Linux development

Agile development

Communication of decisions

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Job description

TactWare Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks a Software Architect to lead architectural direction for embedded, mission-critical military software on the Precision Fires program. You will guide design decisions, oversee development and modernization, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure system objectives are met.

Responsibilities include shaping software architecture, driving SDLC activities, and mentoring engineers while communicating risks and tradeoffs to stakeholders.