Software Engineer, Fire Control Systems

Location: United States-Alabama-Huntsville

Clearance Type: Secret

Travel: Some travel is possible.

TCS is seeking a Software Engineer to join our team in our Huntsville, Alabama office. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong technical skills to achieve sustainable quality products. He/she will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, and the ideal candidate will have demonstrated success collaborating and developing software for small to large scale programs. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal and technical capabilities. He/she will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the sector business areas as required to accomplish the team goals. The candidate will work closely with other software developers in support of the on-going development of the Fire Control System for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) weapon system. GMD is the system that protects the US and her allies from ballistic missile attack. The Software Engineer will work closely with other developers to accomplish the following:

• Support team in completing necessary software development on schedule.
• Developing software documentation.
• Complete work independently and as a part of a team.
• Interact with related disciplines to accomplish goals.
• Solve complex problems through innovative and creative solutions.
• Utilize software development tools to increase efficiency in code development while decreasing defects.
• Interact with customer/supplier organizations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering, science, or technology degree with 5-9 years of experience, or a master’s degree in related field with 3+ years of experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with small technical teams.
• Ability to collaborate in an AGILE team environment.
• Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results.
• Ability to develop software in object-oriented programming languages (Ada, Java, C++).
• Utilization of debugging tools and testing mechanisms.
• Demonstrate adherence to applicable software development processes.
• Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions.
• Security+ or CISSP
• U.S. citizenship with a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the Missile Defense and sense/warn systems.
• Development utilizing Linux environment.
• Knowledge of various programming languages and tools, such as Python, Ada, Fortran, MATLAB, etc.
• Experience working on CMMI Level 3+ programs
• Use of development environments and configuration management.
• Proven communications skills with armed services & government customers

TCS is an EEO employer.