What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer - Embedded SW position at General Dynamics?
Overview
Department 454 Tactical Software Engineering applies software and computer engineering skills to specify, design, develop, integrate, test, and subcontract manage software development for US Navy Nuclear Submarines.
Collaborating with systems engineers, tactical submarine software is developed and maintained for a variety of submarine platforms and control systems such as: Ship Control, Combat Launch Control, Weapons Stowage and Handling, as well as other specialized embedded real-time safety critical shipboard and database systems, simulators, and land based trainers. Knowledge of the software development lifecycle is required for this position.
Additional responsibilities include software research and development, preparing presentations, participating in NAVSEA design reviews and interfacing closely with hardware and system engineering departments.
Qualifications
Required:
Preferred:
Skills
Department 454 Tactical Software Engineering applies software and computer engineering skills to specify, design, develop, integrate, test, and subcontract manage software development for US Navy Nuclear Submarines.
Collaborating with systems engineers, tactical submarine software is developed and maintained for a variety of submarine platforms and control systems such as: Ship Control, Combat Launch Control, Weapons Stowage and Handling, as well as other specialized embedded real-time safety critical shipboard and database systems, simulators, and land based trainers. Knowledge of the software development lifecycle is required for this position.
Additional responsibilities include software research and development, preparing presentations, participating in NAVSEA design reviews and interfacing closely with hardware and system engineering departments.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
- 0-5 years of engineering experience
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
Preferred:
- Demonstrable knowledge of software programming languages, such as Ada, C/C , Java, etc.
- Understanding of Linux Operating System
- Familiarity with Git and GitLab for configuration management
- Understanding of requirements analysis, software design, code and unit test, and software/hardware integration
- Networking knowledge is highly desirable
Skills
- Must be highly motivated, perform work independently, as well as interact with other groups and organizations in an engineering environment
- Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills