Description

Software Development Engineer

Leidos Civil Transportation Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer who will be part of a dynamic team working on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), NextGen Air Traffic program.

Responsibilities:

Working both as a member of a team and independently the successful candidate will be:

* Modernizing the air traffic control tower equipment by improving the exchange of electronic flight data and implementing electronic flight strips.
* Streamlining the schedule sequence of departures to improve efficiency on the surface.
* Optimizing the experience for the flying public, Air Traffic Control, and the airline industry by improving the collaboration and decision-making capabilities between the gate and the tower.
* Developing and maintaining the FAA air traffic control display software within the object oriented environment (primarily Java) on a UNIX/Linux platform.
* Performing software development as needed.
* Providing support needed for system engineering.
* Articulating user needs and requirements from high level user stories.
* Developing the design for the user interface framework including client and server side components; analyzing and designing databases within an application.
* Working in an Agile Scrum environment.
* Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degrees from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 5 years of professional experience; or 3 years of professional experience with a related Master's degree. Considered career, or journey, level
* Experience in object-oriented design and development with the Java programming language on a large-scale (>20 K-SLOC) development.
* Experience in following a documented Software Development Process
* Experience using version control tools such as Git, Subversion or CVS
* GUI development experience for the X windows environment.
* Experience in use of the UNIX and Linux operating systems.
* Strong integration skills.
* Strong communication skills to interface with internal and external customers.

Desired Skills:
* Experience developing graphical user interfaces using Qt
* Development experience in other computer languages (Java, C++, Perl, etc.).
* Familiarization with the Atlassian Tool Suite and JIRA.
* FAA air traffic domain knowledge.

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