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General Dynamics Mission Systems · 2 days ago

Advanced Software Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$113K/yr - $125K/yr

5+ years exp

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services. As an Advanced Software Engineer, you will be part of a cross-functional team responsible for software requirements analysis, design, development, and testing of software and tools.

AerospaceBusiness Information SystemsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySensor

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform software requirements analysis, participate in research, design, develop and test software and tools, to include development of new work products or enhancing existing applications

Perform technical planning, verification and validation of others work, cost and risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems

Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of technical engineering products

Research and analyze data, such as customer design proposals, market trends, state of technology and industry, specifications and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application

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

Software EngineeringAgile methodologiesJavaC++JavaScript/TypeScriptWeb ServicesDevOps toolsAWSConcurrent programmingDistributed systemsUser-centric designCommunication skillsTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Required

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field

Requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience

Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire

U.S. citizenship is required

Preferred

Agile experience preferred

Creative thinker with demonstrated success leading the software development life cycle

Expertise in applying technical standards and methodologies to solve challenges

Exceptional communication skills with the capacity to secure buy-in on concepts and ideas

Collaborative team player eager to provide technical leadership and position others for success

Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others

Appreciation for user-centric design

Strong fundamentals in Computer Science theory (data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity)

Solid object oriented programming and software design skills

Proficient in one of the following: Java, C++, or JavaScript/TypeScript (using object oriented techniques)

Web Services knowledge such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Redux

Familiarity with multiple DevOps tool chains (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm/Ansible/Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab)

Familiarity with cloud services and tooling (AWS)

Experience leading 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

And more

Company

General Dynamics Mission Systems

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General Dynamics Mission Systems designs and delivers critical systems and products for defense and cybersecurity customers. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.

Founded in 1952

Fairfax, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees