Aircraft Software Engineer

About SITEC

SITEC is an employee and customer focused Information Technology and Professional Services Firm specializing in design, development, and delivery of state-of-the-art technology solutions, as well as cybersecurity, software and systems engineering services. SITEC provides support services as required for continuous operation of the Software Support Activity Software Production Facilities including complete lifecycle services for our customers platforms.

Summary

The qualified applicant shall analyze computer science, engineering, and other software engineering problems to develop and implement solutions to complex applications problems, system design and development issues, or network. The selected candidate will perform software management and integration functions, improve existing computer systems, and review computer system capabilities, software architecture, throughput, real-time processing limitations, Cybersecurity, and software safety. They will analyze commercially available, open source, government furnished, and Contractor furnished, and perform the role of Software Architect. The SW Engineer collaborates with other NAVAIR departments such as System/Software Safety and Cyber detachment in performance of duties and collaborates with the development team to design and develop new AR/VR capabilities integrating AR/VR tools with other simulation tools. The SW Engineer formalizes and documents software interfaces, VERDE Developer.

Develop and document software development plans for mission critical systems. Analyze architectural and functional requirements, specifications, and interfaces. Interface with the customer to understand new requirements to support mission objectives. Provide detailed software specifications and designs for proposed solutions. Perform software and system integration and testing functions. Be responsible for requirements analysis, subsystem allocation, and performance analysis. Support the definition and implementation of software architectures for new products. Analyze and assess software architectures for potential improvement for legacy products. Coordinate with infrastructure and development team members to define and deploy development pipelines for new and legacy software products. Support development team members in developing features and stories for software product development. Use development tools to update tasks and stories, check-in, and version control. Develop and implement solutions to complex applications problems, system design and development issues, or network concerns. Participate in Agile and Agile SAFe team meetings and workflow. Provide recommendations to the Program Office and vendors on best practices for DevSecOps implementation.

Preferred experience includes having knowledge of integrating containerized software with embedded Linux operating systems, cyber assurance, and DevSecOps. Experience with the MIL-STD-1760 Aircraft/Store interface as well as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, and ethernet. Experience with software safety and assurance. Experience with DoD system OFPs, and in particular, weapon munition application program and weapon mission data.

Job Qualifications

ACTIVE SECRET OR TOP SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED

BS or BA degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Computer Engineering from a college program with ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) certification. Degree is REQUIRED, neither an associate degree nor additional years of experience can be substituted for the degree.

At least five (5) years of software engineering experience, performing software requirements analysis, software design, software coding, software integration and software testing. At least three (3) years of the five (5) years of experience shall have consisted of performing software engineering functions for a DoD aircraft system, DoD weapons system, DoD mission system or DoD support system.

DoD 8570 certification requirements must be met. This may include an Operating System Certification in Windows or Linux and a Security+ce certification.