Software Systems Engineer

SAIC; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to support the Expeditionary Electronic Warfare Division at NSWC Crane in Indiana. The role covers software and firmware development, design, and integration across EW systems, tactical information systems, and training environments under the JCREW program.

The successful candidate will design, develop, modify, and maintain software through the system lifecycle, perform testing, traceability, and work with git repositories in lab and field settings.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development, software engineering, computer science, or closely related work.
• Experience designing, coding, integrating, testing, and maintaining software in a structured engineering environment.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, or similar.
• Experience with software testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and system-level testing.
• Experience with requirements analysis, traceability, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with git-based version control and software configuration management practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot software and integrated system issues in lab or operational test environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with software, systems, test, and cybersecurity teams.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, and maintain computer software and firmware supporting Electronic Warfare systems, tactical information systems, test facilities, and training environments.
• Support software efforts across the lifecycle, including initial system design, new development, upgrades to fielded systems, and replacement of existing capabilities.
• Plan, design, code, test, integrate, and deliver algorithms, models, software source code, executables, and computer programs in support of customer requirements.
• Analyze system-level requirements to ensure that test definitions, objectives, plans, and acceptance criteria are sufficient to validate system requirements and operational needs.
• Perform and support requirements development, validation, traceability analysis, risk assessment, and mitigation planning for software upgrades and development efforts.
• Support software testing activities including unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression analysis, and independent verification and validation (IV&V).
• Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test designs, cases, procedures, and execution results and document discrepancies in accordance with approved plans.
• Participate in code reviews, user acceptance testing, and development of automated software test results and documentation.
• Utilize Government-accessible source code repositories based on git and support disciplined software configuration management practices.
• Support software maintenance activities to correct faults, improve performance, address vulnerabilities, and adapt software to modified operating environments.
• Contribute to software architecture, quality assurance, requirement documentation, cloud-service support, and integration of software into larger mission systems and networks.
• Support work in both lab and field test environments, including Government-led testing and troubleshooting of integrated systems.
• Prepare technical reports, software documentation, and related engineering artifacts required to support development, testing, and sustainment.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Java

Git version control

Requirements analysis

System troubleshooting

Technical documentation

Communication skills

U.S. Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to support the Expeditionary Electronic Warfare Division at NSWC Crane. This position supports software development, design, and integration activities for Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, tactical information systems, and training environments under the JCREW program. The selected candidate will design, develop, modify, and maintain software and firmware throughout the system lifecycle. Additionally, this role involves testing software, performing requirements traceability, managing code repositories using git, and troubleshooting integrated systems in both lab and field environments.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, and maintain computer software and firmware supporting Electronic Warfare systems, tactical information systems, test facilities, and training environments.
• Support software efforts across the lifecycle, including initial system design, new development, upgrades to fielded systems, and replacement of existing capabilities.
• Plan, design, code, test, integrate, and deliver algorithms, models, software source code, executables, and computer programs in support of customer requirements.
• Analyze system-level requirements to ensure that test definitions, objectives, plans, and acceptance criteria are sufficient to validate system requirements and operational needs.
• Perform and support requirements development, validation, traceability analysis, risk assessment, and mitigation planning for software upgrades and development efforts.
• Support software testing activities including unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression analysis, and independent verification and validation (IV&V).
• Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test designs, cases, procedures, and execution results and document discrepancies in accordance with approved plans.
• Participate in code reviews, user acceptance testing, and development of automated software test results and documentation.
• Utilize Government-accessible source code repositories based on git and support disciplined software configuration management practices.
• Support software maintenance activities to correct faults, improve performance, address vulnerabilities, and adapt software to modified operating environments.
• Contribute to software architecture, quality assurance, requirement documentation, cloud-service support, and integration of software into larger mission systems and networks.
• Support work in both lab and field test environments, including Government-led testing and troubleshooting of integrated systems.
• Prepare technical reports, software documentation, and related engineering artifacts required to support development, testing, and sustainment.

Qualifications

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development, software engineering, computer science, or closely related work.
• Experience designing, coding, integrating, testing, and maintaining software in a structured engineering environment.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, or similar.
• Experience with software testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and system-level testing.
• Experience with requirements analysis, traceability, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with git-based version control and software configuration management practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot software and integrated system issues in lab or operational test environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with software, systems, test, and cybersecurity teams.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD, Navy, Electronic Warfare, tactical information systems, or mission-system software.
• Experience with automated test frameworks, IV&V, regression testing, and requirements/test traceability tools.
• Familiarity with software architecture, cloud services, MBSE-adjacent development environments, or networked mission systems.
• Experience with cybersecurity best practices, secure software development, or remediation of software vulnerabilities in operational systems.
• Experience supporting Government-led testing, lab demonstrations, field testing, or training systems.
• Familiarity with software support activities such as SSA planning, software optimization, lifecycle metrics, and software configuration planning.