SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEVEL 3
Darkblade Systems, LLC

Job Info

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Overview

Darkblade Systems, an Intrepid Solutions company, is a trusted provider of specialized capabilities to priority programs within the defense and intelligence communities, delivering scientific, engineering, technical, operational support and training services. Formed in 2010, Darkblade Systems strives to be a business that puts people first: clients, colleagues, employees, and teammates. Our cleared personnel are experts in the operationalization and deployment of new and emerging technologies.

Maintain and enhance complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on projects.
• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
• Design or implement simple and complex database or data repository interfaces/queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints; perform quality control on team products.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met.
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.

OPERATING HOURS AND EXPECTATIONS:

• This position operates on a standard 8 hour schedule Monday - Friday.
• Position currently allows for remote support due to COVID guidelines, but ultimately the position will require 100% onsite support based on future changes in guidelines and/or restrictions.

TRAVEL:

• Little to no travel expected.

Qualifications

CLEARANCE: Active Top Secret / SCI clearance with Full Scope/Lifestyle Polygraph ***TS/SCI required upon application for initial consideration. *** CCAs ACCEPTED *** This position is not open for any clearance upgrades, reactivation, or sponsorship.***

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

CERTIFICATION(S):

• None

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Twenty (20) years' experience as a SWE in programs and of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• 5 years computer programming (C and/or C++) for signals analysis or Digital Signals Processing (DSP) applications.
• RF programming experience and proven technical ability to improve competency, or stay current, to support future programming efforts.
• Signals analysis, programming automatic processing algorithms (pipeline processing of streaming signals), detecting/processing negative SNR signals, detecting/processing signals in the presence of severe interference.
• FPGANHDL programming experience and proven technical ability to improve competency, or stay current, to support future programming efforts.

VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS - EXECUTIVE ORDER 14042

Darkblade Systems is a federal contractor and is subject to Executive Order 14042 requiring all employees of federal contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. By applying for this position, you understand you will be required to verify you have been, or will be, fully vaccinated by December 8th, or to verify that you cannot be vaccinated due to a disability or medical condition, or a sincerely held religious belief.

Note: An individual is considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 two weeks after they have received the second dose in a two-dose series, or two weeks after they have received a single-dose vaccine.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Darkblade Systems is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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