Embedded C++ Software Engineer (Secret Clearance) - Plano, TX -

We've determined which skillsets are most beneficial for this role. These skills are listed first below as the Must Haves and Nice to Haves our hiring team highly prefers. Below that you'll find the standard job description for this opportunity.

Must Haves:

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
• OR Master's Degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
• A combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Experience with backend application development including the following:
• Multi-process/multi-thread and shared memory environments
• Network protocols (TCP/IP, UDP)
• Usage of complex data structures via various methods of storage/access
• Proficiency in a high level programming language such as C and C++
• Prior work with containers, shell scripts, and system services is a plus
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment and able to work independently as a contributing member of a focused team
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice to Haves:

• Active Top Secret Clearance or TS/SCI.
• Experience with Google Protocol Buffer (GPB) data serialization and NATS publish-subscribe messaging
• Experience with iterative software development processes (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)
• Experience working with DevSecOps including CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Artifactory)
• Experience in the use of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) methodologies
• Experience with JavaScript and WebSocket.

Job Description:

• Responsible for research, design, and development of application software in multi-tier architectures to configure and manage Mission Communications Systems equipment.
• Analyzes requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
• Ability to develop and analyze design tradeoffs against scope, cost, and schedule constraints
• Perform coding and unit test of resultant software
• Perform software component integration
• Participate in peer reviews
• Identifying, tracking, and repairing defects.
• Support continuous improvement, process innovation and lessons learned activities into software development process
• Experience developing, testing, and debugging (GDB) in the Linux OS.

Please see our website for more job openings: https://altimetersolutions.com/altimeter-solutions-job-board/