About the position
HII is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain critical system software components for the US Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) at the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center - Nellis (JITTC-N), Nellis AFB, NV. As part of a team providing on-site Modeling and Simulation (M&S) support to establish and deliver high-end Advanced Tactics, Training, and Test capability for Government personnel operating under USAFWC/ACC, this candidate will contribute to the development and maintenance of NAVAIR's Next Generation Threat System (NGTS), a continually evolving synthetic environment generator that provides constructive entities to the battlespace simulation and supports multiple platform/services training, testing, analysis, and research and development. The Software Engineer will leverage their expertise in C++/C, along with strong design skills, to enhance the functionality and integration of NGTS with other JSE components like GRID (Global Reusable Interface Domain) in a complex simulation and training environment. This role requires a solid understanding of software architecture and development best practices.
Responsibilities
- Developing software for an advanced synthetic training environment integrated into flight simulators to support pilot training against potential threats.
- Support software development, software integration, customer training and demonstrations.
- Demonstrates knowledge of standard programming algorithms, design patterns, and object-oriented software design.
- Evaluate and review C++ language code. Programming using C++, C, Python 3.
- Develop parallel processes, threading, process communication.
- Utilize Git for daily code management, including branching, merging, and resolving conflicts within a collaborative development environment.
- Work proficiently with Git in both Bash (Linux) and Windows environments.
- Interact with remote repositories, push code updates, and manage local repositories.
- Adhere to established branching strategies and understand the implications of working with master/production branches.
- Collaborate with team members to design future enhancements.
- Familiarity with time-series analysis is a plus.
Requirements
- Must have at least 5 years of C++ and software engineering experience with a Bachelor's in CS/CE or a related Engineering, Math, or Physics field; OR 3 years relevant experience with a Master's in related field; OR 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
- Extensive experience with object-oriented software design and development, particularly in C++.
- Experience working with Git version control system, including branching, merging, and conflict resolution.
- Proficiency working in a Linux command-line environment (Bash).
- Able to successfully manage competing tasks and priorities.
- Strong oral and written communication, troubleshooting and organizational skills.
- Must be able to work in a team environment.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret security clearance.
- Must be a US citizen.
Nice-to-haves
- Previous or active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
- Experience with NGTS programming.
- Experience with GRID or GRID services and programming.
- Experience scripting and programming object-oriented languages like Java and Python is a plus.
- Experience contributing to the system design or architecture of new and current systems.
- Experience with Agile software practices.
- Extensive experience with Git bash and repo functions in a production code construct, including advanced branching strategies and release management.
- Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and basic Linux commands.
- Experience supporting Special Access Program (SAP) efforts.
Benefits
- Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices.
- Wellness resources.
- Employee assistance programs.
- Savings Plan Options (401(k)).
- Financial planning tools.
- Life insurance.
- Employee discounts.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships.
