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Mid-Level Software Engineer - Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville, AL • On-site

Davidson Technologies, Inc.
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing • 201 - 500 employees
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Full-time

Re-posted 22 days ago

Job description

Davidson is distinguished in the aerospace and missile defense industry, in part, because of its excellence in hiring exceptional experts, engineers and software developers dedicated to delivering advanced, intelligent technology solutions in defense of our nation.

Davidson is seeking a (Mid-Level) Software Engineer for Huntsville, AL. This position is an integral part of a fast-paced, innovative program involving system engineering and developing software for the Sentinel program. The program works cross-functionally and cross-site with innovative team members skilled in Software Engineering and Systems Engineering. The standard work schedule is 9/80. This allows for every other Friday off.

All team members should be able to:

  • Self-organize and participate in an Agile development lifecycle
  • Be able to build consensus within a cross-functional team
  • Provide design inputs and collaborate to decompose, estimate, and refine backlog requirements

Job Responsibilities:

You will work within an Agile team providing technical leadership for the integration of requirements and design for software-intensive systems. The software engineer role focuses on software design, development and unit testing to meet customer's emerging mission needs.

  • Interface with Scrum team on technical considerations for associated problems, issues or conflicts
  • Interface with chief architects to ensure technical requirements are met
  • Develop technical documentation to include activity and sequence diagrams

Job Requirements:

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM related degree from an accredited college or university
  • 5+ years of experience as software engineer
  • Experience with designing, developing and troubleshooting C++
  • Excellent organizational and facilitation skills
  • Self-starting mentality and willingness to take ownership of difficult challenges

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with the following:

  • Operational weapon software and embedded systems
  • Real-time operating systems
  • Git/GitLab
  • SysML, UML or other modeling languages
  • Atlassian tool suite: Jira and Confluence

Clearance:

  • Currently hold a Secret clearance or higher

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