Mid-level Software Engineer

About the role

AV’s Specialized Exploitation & Targeting (SET) Department is seeking a mid-level Software Engineer to support NASIC at Wright-Patterson AFB.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and maintain existing code bases for multiple applications and websites on both the Windows and Linux environments.
• Participate in software design meetings and reviews.
• Work with other software developers in a team environment.
• Implement unit tests and participate in functional test plan execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, or a closely related technical field.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
• 4-8 years of experience in software design, development, coding, testing, and debugging.
• Expertise in front-end technologies including Javascript, TypeScript, CSS3, and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as Angular or React Js.
• Knowledge of server-side programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, and Go.
• Experience with document stores, Elasticsearch or similar, and SQL stores such as PostgreSQL.
• Background in creation and deployment of containerized software, including build, modification, and deployment needs of Open Container Images.
• Experience with running software on Kubernetes, familiarity with networking, storage, and workload management.
• Strong foundation in git version control, best practices and git hygiene.
• Experience in test-driven development.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in interface validation and testing, including synchronous interfaces like HTTP API's and asynchronous interfaces such as a Kafka message bus.
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Experience with Gitlab CI/CD.
• Experience working with large code bases.
• Experience designing Kubernetes application architecture for mid to large sized applications.
• Background in software architecture as a whole is also acceptable.
• Requirement analysis experience, to include creating formal written requirements from stakeholder descriptions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, or a closely related technical field.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
• 4-8 years of experience in software design, development, coding, testing, and debugging.
• Expertise in front-end technologies including Javascript, TypeScript, CSS3, and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as Angular or React Js.
• Knowledge of server-side programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, and Go.
• Experience with document stores, Elasticsearch or similar, and SQL stores such as PostgreSQL.
• Background in creation and deployment of containerized software, including build, modification, and deployment needs of Open Container Images.
• Experience with running software on Kubernetes, familiarity with networking, storage, and workload management.
• Strong foundation in git version control, best practices and git hygiene.
• Experience in test-driven development.

Pay

Salary Range: $83,500.00 - $146,000.00

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Company holiday and paid time off.
• Parental leave.
• 401(k) company match and contributions.
• Professional development/training reimbursements.
• Other work/life programs.

ITAR Requirement

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A “U.S. person” according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee.

Equal Opportunity Employer

AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

Our Company

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC. Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty – and succeed.