Principal Software Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving technology and completion of activity on time and budget.
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of software products, systems or subsystems.
• Ability to complete a technical project independently.
• Mentor and coach other engineers.
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable.
• Provide budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments.
• Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements.
• Analyze designs as necessary.
• Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services.
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements.
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks.
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required.
• Participate heavily in preparation of the more complex and significant proposals.
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel.
• Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians and support personnel to coordinate, recommend and confer regarding technical activities and progress.
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization.

The ideal candidate will have :

• Must have experience in C++, QT and C# development for MS Windows. Experience with Jira isa plus.
• Must have experience with Windows desktop Graphical User Interfaces.
• Must have Instrument control and communication, multi-threading, and database interaction.
• Test instrument control through a variety of communication protocols.
• SQL Server Relational database experience.
• Working with a version control system such as Git or SVN.
• Report generation.
• Software validation and testing.
• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Solid understating of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software development processes
• The experienced at providing code documentation and commenting code.
• Scientific and numerical analysis programming skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 8 years of experience
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge
• Expected to have knowledge and significant experience in multiple engineering disciplines

U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD Secret-level security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

The pay scale for this position is $123,292 / year - $191,412 / year. The pay scale information is a general guideline only.

• When extending an offer of employment, DRS Daylight Solutions considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position;
• any Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, the candidate’s relevant work experience, education / training, certifications, and key skills;

internal equity; and market and business considerations.