The business problem is to shape the future of missile, platform, and launcher software for the government customer in PMA-242, providing essential design expertise that drives critical mission planning capabilities at NAWS China Lake, CA.
Requirements
- Bachelors in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or other technical degree with strong software experience, required.
- Proven experience operating within an Agile framework, required.
- Familiarity with NAVAIR acquisition policies and regulations, highly desired.
- Demonstrated experience with project tracking and collaboration tools, specifically Confluence and Jira, highly desired.
- Experience with software development lifecycle
- Knowledge of coding standards and best practices
- Experience with software metrics collection and reporting
Responsibilities
- Providing technical guidance and mentorship to PMA-242 leadership and IPTLs with respect to software integration into a missile system.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, prioritize tasks, and deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Participating in the full software development lifecycle, from ideation and design to implementation, testing, deployment, sustainment and disposal.
- Conducting regular code reviews, ensuring code quality, performance, and adherence to coding standards.
- Ensuring program alignment with industry best practices and compliance standards.
- Staying abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices, incorporating them into the development and sustainment process, as appropriate.
- Providing technical leadership in the evaluation, acceptance and/or adoption of proposals, cost estimates, procedures, schedules, new tools, frameworks, testing, and methodologies.
Other
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers.
- Possess professional and effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Take a proactive approach to your work and you're able to accomplish tasks with limited guidance and supervision.
- Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Travel 15% or more, annually.
