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General Dynamics · 1 month ago

Entry Level Software Engineer

positionUSA-PA-Pittsburgh
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level
money$82K/yr - $84K/yr

General Dynamics Mission Systems is a leading provider of high technology solutions for defense and scientific applications. In this role, you will be part of a cross-functional team responsible for software requirements analysis, research, design, development, and testing of software and tools.

AerospaceNational SecurityPublic Transportation
badNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Assist in software requirements analysis, participate in research, design, develop and test software and tools, to include development of new work products or enhancing existing applications
Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of technical engineering products
Support and develop our technical culture by being engaged, intellectually curious, friendly, motivated to solve complex problems, and inspired to deliver superior user-centered design
Participate in internal reviews of software components and systems

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Software EngineeringJavaC++JavaScript/TypeScriptAgile methodologiesDevOps tools DockerDevOps tools KubernetesCloud services (AWS)Object-oriented programmingUser-centric designCommunication skillsCreative thinkingTeam collaboration

Required

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is required at time of hire
U.S. citizenship is required

Preferred

Agile experience preferred
Familiarity with multiple DevOps tool chains (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm/Ansible/Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab)
Familiarity with cloud services and tooling (AWS)
Experience supporting software teams using Agile methodologies
Detailed and fully proficient knowledge of technology trends and champions new ideas and product and process improvements
Concurrent programming and building multi-threaded systems
Memory and CPU profiling
Data modeling and writing efficient data access methods
Experience building large-scale mission-critical applications
Experience with distributed systems
Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Direct manipulation of user interfaces
Information visualization (charts, rendering maps)

Benefits

401k matching
Flex time off
Paid parental leave
Healthcare benefits
Health & wellness programs
Employee resource and social groups

Company

General Dynamics

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General Dynamics is a defense industry contractor for shipbuilding, marine, combat and defense systems and, munitions.
dateFounded in 1899
location
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.gd.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$84.9M
2010-09-10Grant· $30M
2009-12-30Grant· $33.6M
2009-08-05Grant· $21.3M

Leadership Team

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Lauren Bradshaw, SHRM-CP
Global Mobility Business Partner/ EAP
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Matthew Brandon, MSHR
Manager, Sr HR Business Partner
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