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Software Engineer IV

Oceaneering
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Jun 2026
💰 $207,500/yr($138,300/yr$207,500/yr)

About the role

This role is vital to producing software solutions that meet electrical, mechanical and CONOPs needs. The ideal candidate has a solid depth of understanding of robotic systems and underwater technologies.

  • Apply working knowledge of the software lifecycle to develop and lead software efforts.

  • Make and implement decisions for designing and maintaining software architecture.

  • Lead small software development teams.

  • Actively interface with the electrical and mechanical leads, customer, and program manager

  • Ensure project CDRL’s are delivered and accepted by the customer.  This includes requirements management, software documentation, unit testing, software safety testing, and software qualification testing.  

  • Lead trade studies for hardware such as navigation units, board stacks, and power monitors. 

  • Support software testing on the factory floor, offsite, and offshore.

  • Perform analysis of user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.

  • Guide system development and implementation planning through preparation of concept of operations, interfaces control documents, hazard analysis, and test plans and procedures.

  • Display excellent technical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to look at the “big picture” in system design.

  • Demonstrate ability to devise innovative solutions to problems when conventional solutions are insufficient.

  • Review progress and evaluate results of work accomplished by self and others.

  • Prepare reports and presents results to management and client.

  • Schedules can be demanding throughout the year and occasional work outside normal working hours should be anticipated.

  • Staff Engineers are also expected to take a leadership role within the software group. This includes helping craft and enforce policies and procedures for software development, mentorship, and potential functional management responsibilities of team members.


 

ESSENTIAL:

  • BS Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline. Commensurate experience will be considered.

  • 8+ years of practical experience in software engineering.

  • Experience with C and C++. 

  • Solid written and oral communications skills, including ability to effectively document, convey, and present engineering concepts and products to team members and customers.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Department of Defense Security Clearance.

  • Must be a US citizen.

PREFERRED:

  • Experience developing in underwater vehicle or robotic software frameworks and expanding framework capabilities.

  • Experience working on Department of Defense software efforts.

  • Experience with Linux OS or bare metal firmware.

  • Experience with microprocessors and single-board computer (SBC) based control systems that interface to sensors and hardware (e.g. cameras, navigation sensors, valve packs, other boards). 

  • Ability to implement and debug communication protocols including: UDP and multicast, TCP, serial protocols, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.

  • Experience with pub/sub communication middleware such as RTI, MQTT, or ProtoBuf.

  • Experience with microservices based architectures utilizing containerization and orchestration.

  • Experience with Model-Based System Engineering.

  • Experience with CI/CD, specifically utilizing Jira, GitHub and Artifactory.

ADDITIONAL:

  • Additional duties as assigned.

 

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Employee benefits vary by role, however, may include Health and Wellness,

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