Senior Software Engineer

DCS Corporation; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation seeks a Senior Software Engineer to support NSWCDD EWSO missions, designing, developing, integrating, testing, and sustaining software for Navy EW and shipboard systems in real-time and containerized environments.

Ideal candidates bring strong software discipline, experience with mission-critical defense systems, and a track record of delivering reliable software for complex platforms. This role requires U.S. citizenship and an active clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher degree in engineering, computer/software engineering or computer science.
• 10 years of experience in software design, development and engineering for program/system level development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, test, and sustain software for Navy EW and shipboard systems.
• Develop real-time applications and combat-system interfaces; support modeling, simulation, and containerized environments.
• Collaborate to deliver mission-critical defense software with disciplined engineering practices.

Skills

Software design

Programming experience

Object oriented design

Agile methodology

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/computer science

Tools

C++

C#

Rust

JAVA

Python

Simulink

Ada (GNAT)

VxWorks

Tornado

JavaScript/TypeScript

TCP/UDP

RTI DDS

PLA

Docker

Podman

Job description

DCS is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support the NSWCDD B30 Electronic Warfare and Spectrum Operations (EWSO) mission. This position will design, develop, integrate, test, and sustain software for Navy EW and shipboard systems, including real-time applications, combat-system interfaces, modeling and simulation, and containerized environments. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering discipline with experience developing mission-critical defense systems.

At DCS Corporation, you will find competitive pay, top-tier benefits, and a collaborative, innovative culture built to support your growth. Best of all, you will be part of a mission-driven team developing capabilities that help Navy warfighters detect, assess, and respond to emerging threats.

Hiring for this role is dependent on the successful award of the contract. Offer and start date are subject to change based on the final award decision.v

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Bachelor or higher degree from an accredited university in engineering, computer/software engineering or computer science plus 10 years of experience in software design, development and engineering applied to program and system level development.

Active Secret Security Clearance.

5 years of demonstrated experience in the following areas:

• Developing weapons systems and subsystem level software products, databases (Oracle, MSAccess, etc).
• LINUX and MS Windows operating systems and interfaces.
• Electronic Warfare Systems and other Shipboard systems.
• Combat system integration and system architecture.
• Navy Software Safety and industry best programming practices.
• Modeling and/or simulations, real-time system control architectures, interface coding, Information Assurance/Cyber Security requirements, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) experience.
• Ability to code in programming languages and tools such as: in C++; C #; Rust; JAVA; Simu-Link; Python; GNAT Ada compiler; VxWorks; Tornado; JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Developing software to communicate with other hardware using protocols such as: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/ Internet Protocol (IP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Real-Time Innovations (RTI) Data Distribution Service (DDS), and Product Line Architecture (PLA), and serial communications.
• Object Oriented software design concepts.
• Agile methodology.

3 years concurrent progressive experience developing applications in a containerized environment (such as Docker and Podman).