Prin Software Engineer

Overview

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems produces high-quality, high performance gun systems for a broad spectrum of land, sea, and air applications. Our products are built on decades of experience and knowledge in innovative design and development and the latest manufacturing technologies. We are an industry leader in the development and production of single and multi-barrel gatling guns, individual crew-served weapons, ammunition handling systems, shipboard defense systems, gun pods and loaders.

 

The Principal Software Engineer develops and implements object-oriented software in a small development team environment. This position is responsible for independently implementing coding, software documentation and testing. Coding and broad knowledge of software applications will enable successful software deployment for development, test and production activities. This position interacts with software, electrical, test and production personnel.

Major Position Responsibilities

• Recommends, designs and develops software applications.
• Performs complex coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the application development process.
• Proposes recommendations or improvements for systems software design requirements.
• Leads and ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Develops and reviews systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures.
• Supports less experienced Software Engineers.

Basic Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:  Associates Degree and 8-10 years experience

Preferred Education:  Bachelor's Degree

Discipline/Major:  Engineering Degree Required

 

Knowledge, Skills & AbilitiesDebugging, programming, software design, software development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), software engineering, software requirement specification, software testing, application lifecycle management (ALM) software, bug tracking software, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software, source code management software, programming languages, and software resource estimating.

Critical Professional Skills• Perform programming with C/C++ required• Perform programming with LabVIEW, visual basic C# and others (desired)• Perform programming with QT (for graphical user interfaces (GUI))• Possess knowledge for real-time embedded software applications• Familiar with windows and Linux operating systems• Utilize software configuration baseline and change tools

 

Travel Requirements:  Less than 25% travel likely.