Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer

We have an outstanding Contract position for a Software Engineer to join a leading Company located in the McLean, VA surrounding area.

US Citizenship is required.

Candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust.

• This subfamily is responsible for performing the software engineering function, including the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging of software programs for enhancements and new software‑intensive systems and products.
• Applies appropriate principles, standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the software development life cycle.
• Duties include software requirements analysis, analysis of hardware compatibility, development of software products and tools used for design, development, and maintenance of infrastructure, and platforms.
• Works on day‑to‑day objectives with limited impact beyond the scope of own work area/ project team.
• Works under supervision on less complex projects/ assignments.
• Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies.
• Develops products, solutions, and processes using basic principles, theories, and concepts within own technical specialty.
• Communicates with peers to explain facts, basic analysis, processes, and practices related to the area.
• Requires basic knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of a narrow technical domain.

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in a relevant engineering or a related field (including ME, EE, CS, CE, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace, etc ) or equivalent practical experience.
• Basic understanding of robotics and autonomous systems technologies.
• Designing and implementing software packages using Python in a Linux environment.
• Developing unit tests and integration tests for software packages in support of continuous integration.
• Implementing interface adapters to convert data from one format into another format (e.g., from JSON to XML).
• Working with cross‑functional team members to break down project goals into software design, implementation, and testing tasks.
• Using Git as a version control system for developed software.
• Reviewing software and documentation developed by others and providing constructive comments.

• Designing, implementing, and testing software written in C++ in a Linux environment.
• Extensive knowledge of robotics and autonomous systems technologies, techniques, architectures, and algorithms.
• Reviewing published research papers and prototyping their approaches/algorithms in software.
• Designing and architecting new (or extensions to existing) software systems, including defining interfaces for software modules, identifying architectural patterns to employ, and determining software languages and libraries to leverage.
• Evaluating different software design approaches and software tools, and proposing a recommended path forward to team members.
• Developing software design and architecture documentation (i.e., Interface Control Document, Software Architecture Design Document, etc).
• Developing software in an Agile framework using toolsets such as JIRA and Confluence.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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