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Specialist, Software Engineer

Nashville, Tennessee

Job ID 21788
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L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineer

Job Number: 21788

Job Location: Nashville, TN

Schedule: 9/80

Clearance: Must Have the Ability to Obtain and Maintain a DoD Security Clearance

Job Description:

Participate and consistently contribute to planning, design, implementation, verification, deployment, and support activities for custom software components and applications.  May perform task management activities for other software engineers.

The Software Engineer, Specialist Level is a seasoned and experienced professional with proficient job area knowledge and practical knowledge of project management, managing projects and processes under general supervision to achieve operational targets with moderate impact on departmental results.

Essential Functions:

  • Interact directly with engineering team and program management staff to analyze and understand requirements;
  • Translate requirements into appropriate technical designs;
  • Effectively present technical designs to software engineering, program management, and other team members;
  • Implement requirements into software components and applications according to technical design;
  • Unit and component test software components and applications to ensure quality of deliverables;
  • Provide input and effort for the technical verification of all technical, functional and corporate requirements prior to delivery of software components and applications;
  • Investigate and address requirement violations in functional testing and production software as needed;
  • Track and report status of tasks, deliverables, and issues to software engineering team;
  • Adhere to corporate processes and standards for all activities and deliverables during all phases of involvement in the software development life cycle;
  • Effectively manage multiple task assignments;
  • Mentor less experienced team members as appropriate;
  • Perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent combination of education and work experience;
  • Graduate Degree and two years of experience.
  • Additionally, minimum of 4 years of progressively advanced object oriented commercial or government software development experience;
  • Experience with C# and Visual Studio required (Java experience a potential substitute);
  • Practical knowledge of relevant technologies, software development methodologies, and programming languages;
  • Practical knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of object-oriented design/development;
  • Theoretical knowledge and understanding of regulatory standards impact on software development;
  • Practical knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of software unit, component, and integration testing;
  • Practical knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of source code management and defect tracking;
  • Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance, which requires US citizenship.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Experience with WPF/XAML;
  • A basic understanding of SOLID principals;
  • Ability to utilize design patterns as appropriate;
  • Basic understanding of UML (Unified Modeling Language;
  • Azure DevOps source control (GIT);
  • Experience with multithreaded application development.

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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