Job Title: Ground Systems Lead
Job Code: SWP5
Job Location: Melbourne, FL, Colorado Springs, CO, San Diego, CA, Chantilly, VA, or Rochester, NY
Job Description:
L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Software Lead to support engineering development efforts on satellite ground systems based on the Peraton OS/Comet®.
As part of our team, you will be responsible for helping to develop ground system command and control and mission planning functions. Help with leading the research, design, development, and integration of satellite ground systems. This role requires the application of the principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. You will work with the team to analyze software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Work with the team to develop and direct software system testing procedures, programming and documentation. Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products. Interface with customers, suppliers, application users and other technical and support personnel. Coordinate software team support for proposals, including technical solution, estimates, and schedules.
Essential Functions:
- Support integration of Peraton OS/Comet®, as well as mission planning and mission data processing tools, as part of Satellite Ground Systems solutions
- Leverage existing domain experience hosting solutions in Cloud environments
- Design large-scale distributed systems using microservices and containers
- Work with team lead to help decompose the work needed to implement new features or address defects within the operational software.
- Work with the development team using agile methodologies combined with mature software practices and a technology-supported development infrastructure.
- Develop new software and adapt existing software by implementing new capabilities.
- Maintain cognizance of industry tools, best practices, and procedures.
- Interface with customers to understand use cases and define requirements, design Cloud capable solutions, support system level testing, and field the solution in customer environments to support the mission
- Communicate with leadership on status, issues, milestones, and successes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant software experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related software experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related software experience.
- 4+ years of experience with Peraton OS/Comet® development and integration
- 4+ years leading software teams to deliver enterprise solutions that implement RESTful Web Services, Microservices and/or Cloud components (AWS preferred).
- 2+ years of experience with DevSecOps.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Ability to obtain and maintain an public trust clearance
- AWS Solutions Architect and AWS Sys Ops certification(s)
- Kubernetes Administrator certification(s)
- 8+ years of experience in software development (knowledge of Java, C/C++, React, Python)
- Excellent ability to analyze problems and to focus and drive down to the root cause of problems quickly.