Software Designer

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US Citizenship Required for this Position:

Yes

Full-Time

Shift: 1st
Relocation:
Relocation assistance will be available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity:
No - Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirement:
Yes, 10%-25% of the time

Clearance Required:

No - Clearance Not Required to Start

Meet HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding
With more than 25,000 employees – including third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders – HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. We’re the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers, engineers and software developers to solution architects, technical subject matter experts, and system users.

Anchored in our rich, 135-year history, we collaborate together at the forefront of technology, manufacturing, and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world. Want to be part of the team? Apply today! We look forward to meeting you.

The Role

Newport News Shipbuilding’s Reactor Plant Planning Yard department is seeking an experienced engineer (software, computer, electrical, or related field) to join its software development team. As a member of the software team, the successful candidate will contribute to the development and deployment of C++ application software utilizing a Naval Nuclear Laboratories customized toolset. The successful candidate will be directly involved in software development life cycle activities inclusive of requirements refinement and derivation, coding, unit testing, peer review, code inspection, and investigation into feedback from an external software qualification group.

Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls;

prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of relevant exempt experience;
• Master’s Degree and 0 years of relevant professional experience;
• Ph.D. and 0 years of experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience in C++ development environments and tools such as Visual Studio.
• Experienced in the use of compilers such as Wind River and code coverage tools like Vector Cast.
• Experienced with deployment and troubleshooting of software for an embedded system.
• Comfortable with and adaptable to the use of customized, proprietary development environments and toolsets.
• Strong planning, execution, and communication skills

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Bachelor's Degree and 2 of relevant exempt experience;
Master’s Degree and 0 year of relevant professional experience

Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program.

We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology…