AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As a Software Engineer you will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Establishes, shapes, ensures compliance and continuous improvement for software development and software sustainment policies and procedures.
• Serves as a part of the government software acquisition management team on large complex software intensive weapon system programs.
• Interact a wide diversity of software stakeholders.
• Apply discipline of computer science or software development knowledge with minimum five years of experience in relevant job fields to support quality production of software on large complex software intensive weapons programs.
• Plans, directs and manages research and development contracts for large software intensive programs to ensure requirement, design, implementation, integration, and testing to be aligned with program objectives and NAVAIR software engineering department process through the use of cutting edge software technology.
• Coordinates the preparation of software technical specifications and statements of work, evaluates proposals, monitors and guides contractors' progress, and manages software technical solutions to ensure highly adaptable and resilient software design.
• Manages software technical solutions to ensure highly adaptable and resilient software architecture and component design and apply knowledge of Agile software development process to manage software capabilities incrementally 
• Exchanges information and viewpoints with other functional teams, private industry, and other government organizations.

• Ability to obtain Top Secret DoD Clearance. US Citizenship required.
• BS or BA degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.  A BS or BA degree in Engineering with significant recent experience in software coding and software development is also acceptable.  Degree must be awarded from a college program with ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) certification.
• At least five (5) years of software engineering experience, performing software requirements analysis, software design, software coding, software integration and software testing.
• At least three (3) years of the five (5) years of experience shall have consisted of performing software engineering functions for a DoD aircraft system, DoD weapons system, DoD mission system or DoD support system.

 

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $78,100.00/Yr. - USD $164,300.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

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