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Job Title: Sr.Specialist, Software Engineering
Job Code: AS20212909-70192
Location: Plano, TX
Position Summary:
L3Harris Advanced Systems & Technologies (AS&T) division specializes in developing disruptive, next-generation technologies for advanced Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), advanced radar systems, next-generation weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies using small company agility and big company experience.
We are searching for a Sr Specialist, Software Engineering (Architect) in our Advanced Systems & Technologies (AS&T) division, located in Plano,TX.
As a Sr. Specialist, Software Engineering (Architect) youmake high level decisions about the structure of a software system based on a breadth of software and product specific considerations as well as knowledge of software architecture patterns. Responsible for guididing software product development through analysis, design, development, testing and integration.
Major Job Activities:
- Collaborate daily with team members in an Agile Scrum environment
- Analyze and assist in the development of requirements flowed down by Systems Engineering
- Drive critical decisions about the high-level structure of a software system (architecture), its main components, and their interfaces and interactions.
- Design software architecture with consideration for full product and/or product line performance, integration, reliability, usability, maintainability, scalability, etc.
- Help define product roadmaps and software quality metrics
- Raise level of software functional organization proficiency in DevOps, CI/CD, Agile Methodology
- Encourage software reuse initiatives
- Recommend tactics and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results.
- Propose technical standards, including coding standards, tools, or platforms.
- Oversee and/or participate on a software team to design, document, develop and test software in alignment with a unified architectural vision and Software Development Process (SDP).
- Help resolve any disputes/design conflicts and make tradeoffs when necessary keeping product performance in mind
- Identify risks and propose mitigations when necessary
- Participate in software design/code reviews
- Participate in Integration efforts/Bug fixes/optimization of existing software systems
- Participate in estimating efforts for programs
- Provide input to project schedule, financial and technical goals as appropriate
- Deliver highly technical messages/presentations communicating at the level of the audience.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Must be a U.S. citizen with existing secret DoD clearance with current 6 year update. Must be able to obtain and maintain additional clearances as required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and/or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field desired.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience designing and building complex software systems.
- Experience evaluating and choosing technologies that facilitate and enable implementation of a software or system architecture.
- Experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) process.
- Broad, extensive and modern knowledge of the software development process and its technologies
- Knowledge of architecture and design patterns
- Experience with reading/creating UML/SysML artifacts to fully describe software architecture and design
- Understanding of various coding methods and computer languages
- Fluent in modern C++ (11/14/17 features)
- Comfortable scripting (e.g. Python, bash)
- Experience developing software in/for Linux
- Understanding of Agile development methodologies
- Excellent people skills to include collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment
- Outstanding work ethic and commitment to organizational success
- Excellent communication (written, verbal, & presentation) and leadership skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products
Preferred Skills:
- Experience using container frameworks such as Docker
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with distributed software design
- Familiar with C++ Standard Template Library (STL)
- Familiar with Boost Libraries
- Experience with Agile/Scrum Development
- Experience using a DevOps process for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
- Experience with automated testing using a CI/CD toolchain
- Experience with Git / Feature Branch workflow
- Expereince with embedded RTOS a plus
- Familiarity with RF technology a plus
- Familiarity with system modeling and the ability to describe the system using standard artifacts (e.g. DoDAF, SysML, UML)
- Understanding of software metrics and performance measures
- Experience estimating and justifying size/cost/schedule of a software development effort
- Experience developing and working against a schedule
