HII's Mission Technologies division is building a pipeline of Principal Software Engineers to support future operations in Hanover, MD. The company is on the frontlines of emerging technologies in national defense and needs to evolve software to meet critical customer needs. Specifically, the Principal Software Engineer will support the Minotaur Mission Processor, which ingests data from various sensors on manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft to enhance an operator's ability to identify tracks from various on-board sensors.
Requirements
- Advanced level of experience with developing C++, Java, and/or JavaScript, or related programming languages
- Extensive knowledge of the Minotaur Mission System and / or related predecessor projects such as the Ocean Surveillance Initiative (OSI).
Responsibilities
- Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
- Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
- Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
- Ensures software standards are met.
- Mentor a team of engineers to design, integrate, test, and sustain a fully functional implementation of Minotaur into a customer designated platform.
- Research and concept development for solutions to unaddressed, critical military operational shortfalls.
- System design and software implementation of proof-of-concept prototypes incorporating a variety of engineering disciplines: control theory, software development, signal/video processing, pattern recognition, machine learning, artificial intelligence, high performance computing, applied mathematics, network/web services, and visualization.
Other
- Required Travel: 11 - 25%
- Ability to Obtain Security Clearance
- Must be willing to work in the Hanover, MD office
- Willing to travel between 10-20 % of the time.
- Potential to fly on aircraft to support system integration and train operators
