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Your expertise will help shape cutting-edge systems, enhance national security, and drive technological advancement for our nation.\nResponsibilities\nThe Software Systems Engineer will provide direct engineering, acquisition, and test & evaluation (T&E) support for the PMA-268 Stingray MQ-25A program. Serving as a key technical interface between NAVAIR, prime contractors, and other government activities, this role focuses on providing technical oversight for software development, system integration, and support Formal Qualification Testing (FQT). The successful candidate will deliver optimized technical solutions within cost, schedule, and technology constraints while ensuring compliance with stringent system requirements and airworthiness standards.\nKey Responsibilities\nSoftware Development & Acquisition Support:\nTrack software execution across Computer Software Configuration Items (CSCIs), analyze development metrics, and actively identify and elevate technical blockers to software development and test program leadership.\nAssist Senior Leads with technical evaluations of vendor proposals and draft engineering inputs for future Statements of Work (SOWs) and contracts.\nProvide technical oversight into the Program Increment (PI) priority workloads and evaluate contractor-proposed changes to processes and Software Development Plans (SDPs).\nThe incumbent serves as a representative for NAVAIR, interfacing with headquarters, contractors, and other government activities involved in the program.\nTechnical Documentation Review:\nConduct deep-dive engineering reviews of vendor deliverables to ensure compliance with system requirements and Airworthiness standards.\nProvide meaningful technical comments on complex artifacts, including Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), Software Design Descriptions (SDD), Software Architecture Descriptions (SAD), Software Development Plans (SDP), and Software Test Plans (STP).\nSoftware Test Support:\nServe as the designated Government witness and Quality Assurance (QA) representation for Formal Qualification Testing (FQT), requiring travel to contractor facilities.\nAssess vendor readiness to execute FQT by verifying test procedure completion and tracking the resolution of Problem Reports (PRs).\nDefect Analysis & Process Improvement:\nProvide technical analysis during multi-party Problem Report Review Boards (PRRBs), System Safety Working Groups, and Risk Boards. Support Software Safety Program Level of Rigor (LOR) assessments.\nEvaluate engineering workflows to identify and implement technical process improvements within the software development lifecycle, test execution, and defect tracking processes.\nGeneral Day-to-Day tasks:\nProviding direct systems engineering/scientific support to and advise on engineering requirements, technical issues, and risks related to software development.\nProviding technical oversight and support strategic software planning.\nServing as a hardware/software technical interface to Computer Scientist/engineering community on related software engineering activities and issues.\nProviding real-time access to SMEs for problem assessment and resolution.\nProviding software engineering technical support and representation at working groups.\nProviding technical oversight into the Program Increment (PI) priority workloads.\nProviding concurrence, if applicable, on contractor proposed changes to processes and Software (SW) development plans.\nQualifications\nMust have an active DoW Secret clearance, must be a U.S. citizen.\nTechnical 4-yr degree and 1+ years of experience (see below).\nExperience in engineering or computer science with an emphasis on software engineering/development of software systems.\nExperience in software requirements allocation, design, software process management, open architecture principles, software integration and test.\nKnowledge of processes for software system design, test and interoperability, planning and management.\nKnowledge of military avionics systems, components and software and related design attributes. (highly desired)\nKnowledge of systems engineering procedures, processes, practices and tools as related to Avionics and Weapons systems and technology. (highly desired)\nProven ability to effectively communicate at all levels within an organization, with effective interpersonal skills and an ability to resolve conflicting views and information.\nEEO Statement\nEEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status","description_format":"text","description_chars":4888,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Military","Human Resources"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T00:45:45Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:19","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/american-systems-navair-software-engineerdeveloper-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/american-systems-navair-software-engineerdeveloper-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T10:19:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1402,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3598,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}