Contingent-Specialist Software Engineering

Job Summary

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. Our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Essential Functions

• Interact directly with engineering team and program management staff to analyze and understand requirements
• Translate requirements into appropriate technical designs
• Effectively present technical designs to software engineering, program management, and other team members
• Implement requirements into software components and applications according to technical design
• Unit and component test software components and applications to ensure quality of deliverables
• Provide input and effort for the technical verification of all technical, functional and corporate requirements prior to delivery of software components and applications
• Investigate and address requirement violations in functional testing and production software as needed
• Track and report status of tasks, deliverables, and issues to software engineering team
• Adhere to corporate processes and standards for all activities and deliverables during all phases of involvement in the software development life cycle
• Effectively manage multiple task assignments
• Mentor less experienced team members as appropriate
• Perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned
• Ability to acquire a clearance (SECRET)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Mathematics, and a minimum of 4 years of experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• Experience with Object Oriented development with focus on SOLID principals
• A strong understanding of design patterns and UML. TCP/UDP experience is preferred

Preferred Additional Skills

• Ability to effectively utilize both written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to identify complex problems and provide multiple solutions
• Ability to understand, create, and communicate complex design specifications
• Ability to quickly and effectively breakdown assignments into work tasks and provide effort and schedule estimates and successfully achieve them
• Ability to use judgment and logic in decision-making considering relative to costs and benefits of potential actions
• Understanding and ability to implement Agile and Scrum methodologies, valuing procedures principles
• Ability to promote a corporate ethics and exhibit a spirit of teamwork and cooperation within the organization
• Ability to work in a team environment and highly effective at collaboration
• Basic understanding of UML (Unified Modeling Language)
• C# development and WPF/XAML experience is preferred
• Hardware/Software API development preferred
• Azure DevOps source control experience and YAML pipeline/release development is a plus
• Ability to utilize design patterns as appropriate
• Azure DevOps source control (GIT)
• A basic understanding of SOLID principals
• Experience with multithreaded application development

Physical Demands

• Required to sit for long periods of time
• Infrequent light physical effort required
• Written and verbal communication
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse
• May require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane

Work Environment

• Work performed in an office environment with people close to each other
• Working with computers, and other computer components
• Duties may require being on call periodically and working outside of normal working hours (evenings and weekends)