Position Description
If you are an expert in your field and driven by engaging in high profile, cutting edge, and challenging software engineering projects supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, Serco has a great opportunity for you!
This Senior Software Engineer position will be responsible for defining and implementing the software development methods and environments needed to ensure the integrated system end product meets or exceeds performance objectives. Work will involve software products primarily in the marine robotics, autonomous systems, automation system, and digital twin domains. Software products generally include components bridging multiple domains. Bring your expertise and collaborative skills to make a positive impact on the security of our nation!
Serco has naval engineering contracts supporting the Navy and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Our subject matter experts explore and architect solutions to satisfy existing tactical needs as well as explore the future of what's possible. In the execution of these projects, Serco is charged with evolving concepts into physical demonstration prototypes or tactical military assets. Such projects typically demand frequent development, prototyping and test cycles, under closely managed configuration control, and may include software and/or hardware in-the-loop simulations and testing. To ensure success, Serco focuses heavily on minimizing program risk by implementing the most modern integrated software and hardware development tools and processes.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape software development pipelines across multiple government and industry organizations. The software engineering lead will be responsible for engineering and acquisition strategies and plans; technology maturation strategies; mission analyses; systems engineering and integration reviews; technical risk mitigation; joint requirements development; and informing acquisition milestones and modernization investment decisions.
You will be part of a team responsible for highly consequential engagements with stakeholders impacting national security and the defense capabilities of the United States. You will work closely with customers and other Serco teams to deliver quality solutions recognized by DoD and industry as outstanding contributions in engineering program and risk management across the Defense enterprise.
In this role you will:
Provide technical oversight, assessment, and analysis of software-intensive naval engineering system research, development, test, and evaluation
Oversee the drafting of program Software Development Plans (SDPs), and execution of program work in accordance with said plans
Provide software engineering subject matter expertise and mentoring in the set-up of secure software development environments, to include simulation environments and prototyping labs
Provide evaluation of and facilitate integration of software components from industry partners, Government Labs, and Warfare Centers
Conduct statutory/regulatory independent technical assessments of programs (e.g., Program Support Assessment (PSA), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and software focused reviews) to assess the status of software efforts as well as risks and issues
Perform independent software parametric analysis of development progress based on parameters received from program offices to quantitatively predict completion dates
Perform ad hoc analysis and generating high quality technical reports and presentations for senior DoD leadership to support public speaking engagements, symposium, conferences, and Congressional/OSD/Service reports
Critically review program milestone documentation and contractor deliverables to assess software equities across all phases of the system acquisition life cycle from advanced development planning, estimating, deployment decisions, and sustainment
Qualifications
To be successful in this position, you will have:
Security Clearance, or ability to obtain
U.S. Citizenship
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline
10 years of relevant experience
Senior level software subject matter expertise including a strong background in Software Engineering, especially in the development of software products for application on DoD military platforms, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), Agile development, Devops development, Software Measurement and Metrics, Software Security, Systems Integration, Software Testing, Software Evaluation via Simulated Environments, Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) testing, and Software Sustainment
Expert knowledge in standing up secure and reliable development environments accessible by multiple approach organizations, using commercial cloud-based software project management tools such as Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps, and development environments such as, but not limited to Microsoft Visual Studio, Jetbrains, PyCharm, and IntelliJ
Experience developing complex integrated software and hardware products, with encapsulation and portability tools such as the use of virtual machines or containers
Experience using predictive SW metrics and quantitative analysis techniques to gauge software quality, schedule and readiness in support of data driven decision making
Knowledge of Software Requirements Management (stability, traceability, dependencies, etc.)
Additional Desired Skill and Qualifications:
SECRET Clearance
Master's or Doctorates Degree or higher in Computer Science.
General familiarization with DoD autonomy software development and evaluation pipelines such as Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL), and architectural frameworks such as the Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture (UMAA).
Expert technical knowledge of naval engineering, vessel machinery systems, and/or Navy C5ISR systems.
Expertise with modern large scale SW development (e.g., CI/CD/automation/full-stack/DevOps/cloud/Amazon Web Services (AWS)) and processes
Prior experience as a chief software engineer or architect on a program
Experience in assessing software schedule realism (e.g., experience in evaluating the viability and degree of optimism in software schedules)
Company Overview
Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).
To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco .
If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.
Serco does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies without being a contracted approved vendor. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Serco and will not be obligated to pay a placement or contract fee. If you are interested in becoming an approved vendor at Serco, please email Agencies@serco-na.com .
COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).
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ID 49794
Recruiting Location : Location US-VA-Alexandria
Category Engineering
Position Type Full-Time
Security Clearance Secret
Telework No - Teleworking not available for this position
