SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Hiring Bonus Available

Job Description

Job Description

QTEC Aerospace is seeking multiple SOFTWARE ENGINEERS to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. The successful candidates will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government in support of a Missile Defense System (MDS) with a mission of protecting the United States and our allies. The successful candidates will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.

Job Summary

QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals to support a new innovative development team. Successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Missile Defense programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Responsible for software development in C++
• Works in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements, design and implement new capabilities and algorithms. Many of the algorithms will be mathematics and physics intensive complex solutions.
• Designs, codes, maintains, debugs and configures enterprise software applications and products
• Supports review of associated requirements and test cases
• Responsible for performing analysis and technical support of systems software products, including complex problem resolution, design, development, testing and operational integration

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in STEM-related field (e.g., engineering, software engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics) from an accredited college and at least 8 years related experience; Master's degree with 6 years related experience, or 4 years' experience with a PhD.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment
• Recent and extensive experience developing software in C++
• Unix/Linus operating system experience
• Experience with containerization technologies and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with automated testing and software development pipelines/factories
• Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, and Jenkins.
• Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed
• Self-starter with ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations
• Experience deploying applications in a containerized environment
• Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing
• Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
• Experience with battle management and/or fire control systems
• Experience developing software in a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment.
• Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics or Computer Science
• Experience implementing complex mathematical algorithms in code

Security Clearance

Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Location

Huntsville, AL

QTEC, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local, state or federally protected class, characteristic or non-merit based factor.