Software Engineer - ELSYS - Tucson, AZ - (Open Rank)

Overview

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Project/Unit Description

The Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) Air National Guard Program Division (ANGPD) is currently seeking an engineer for a full-time research faculty position in the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) operations section. This is a position requiring experience in software engineering and Open Systems integration and test. This is in Tucson, AZ and is in the Open Systems Integration and Test Branch (OSITB).

Job Purpose

The Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests software applications and products. Additionally, the Software Engineer manages software development teams, provides technical leadership, and establishes software development lifecycle practices and processes. The Software Engineer is proficient in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, Scala, and Groovy. In this role, the Software Engineer requires extensive knowledge of programming languages, software development, computer operating systems, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps, Application Programming Interface (API) development, container development, and distributed systems. The Software Engineer also applies engineering principles to software creation, manages production releases of software, performs code reviews, merges feature development branches, and analyzes and triages issues. The necessary skill areas for the Software Engineer include programming and coding, fundamentals of computer science, software design and architecture development, algorithms and data structures, information analysis, software debugging and testing, and working on development teams. The Software Engineer also works with sponsors to curate requirements, define sprint work items, set priorities for work backlogs, and organize development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform software development, debugging, modification, enhancement, and documentation
• Design, test, and develop computer software in order to meet program requirements
• Apply expertise in computing systems to define requirements and develop software designs recognizing limitations of target hardware platforms
• Author technical reports and presentations for projects of moderate-to-high complexity
• Compile report input from other researchers and prepare final report deliverables
• Lead and/or contribute to white papers and proposals
• Create and analyze network protocols
• Provide technical leadership to development teams

Additional Responsibilities

• This is a senior level technical position to work directly with Department of Defense (DoD) customers and system end-users to ensure implementations meet their operational needs, and assist in identifying future system requirements
• Document software and network architecture
• Integrate software into aircraft hardware
• Support flight test to test integrated software
• Design, test, and develop computer software in order to meet requirements
• Operate as part of a team to integrate Open Architecture Enclaves into Guard and Reserve aircraft and coordinate closely with several active duty USAF projects
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