Folsom, CA, US
$130-215k
Full Time
2 months ago
Job description
Title: Embedded Software Engineer/Manager (ISR)
Segment: Voyager Space - Defense (Valley Tech Systems)
Location: Folsom, CA
Job Type: Full Time - Hybrid
Company Description: Voyager Space is dedicated to building a better future for humanity in space and on Earth. With over 35 years of spaceflight heritage and over 2,000 successful missions, Voyager is powering the commercial space revolution. Voyager delivers exploration, technology, and defense solutions to a global customer base that includes civil and national security agencies, commercial companies, academic and research institutions, and more.
Position Description: The position is responsible for the design and development of distributed enterprise C/C++ software distributed systems and management of a team of approximately 12 software engineers. The Engineering Team Manager is an individual who has a passion and desire to work with individuals in helping them be successful contributors to the team they are in, the engineering organization, and the company. This position is a dual-role position requiring the candidate to perform functional management activities as well as the individual's current program responsibilities. The additional responsibilities and requirements as a team manager are anticipated to be approximately 20 percent of the total job duties.
Responsibilities:
This dual-role position requires the candidate to perform software engineering tasks as well as functional management of a team of software engineers:
- Software Development Engineer key responsibilities include:
- Performs software design, development, and testing of software modules
- Analyze, develop, and recommend design approaches to meet requirements for new or improved products and/or processes in the Airborne Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (AISR) technology space
- Collaborate with software engineers on system characteristics that affect software systems and works with them to resolve incompatibilities
- Build, integrate, and test software applications
- Support the development of technical proposals
- Participate in customer meetings, peer reviews, and problem-solving meetings
- Identify potential solutions given technology, organization, and management constraints
- Create software models depicting domain characteristics and technology structure
- Conceptualize and experiment with alternate architecture approaches
- Software Engineering Manager key responsibilities include:
- Support performance appraisals throughout the annual review cycle including performance-based merit increase recommendations, promotion recommendations, and conducting annual performance reviews aligned with company, engineering department, and individual contributor goals, business strategies, and overall contribution
- Support individual contributor goal development and monitor and coach contributors in support of successfully completing company, department, and individual goals
- Review and track contributor timecards ensuring the contributor is following the time keeping policy.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering team
- Foster a culture of learning, professional growth, and knowledge sharing among the engineering team members through training, mentorship, and skill development initiatives
- Mentor and develop team members, providing coaching, feedback and opportunities for growth
- Identify training needs for the team and/or individuals within the team to help develop their career
- Ensure team adherence to engineering best practice, standards, and processes
- Identify resource needs, allocate staffing accordingly, and participate in the recruitment and hiring process as needed
Requirements:
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance at the appropriate level (requires U.S. Citizenship)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university
- Demonstrated experience managing a high performing software technical team of 5 or more
- Proven experience in software development using C/C++ and CUDA for GPU programming
- Solid understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices
- Ability to multi-task in a highly collaborative team environment
- Ability to communicate effectively, with an emphasis on verbal and written communication
- Strong background in Digital Signal Processing with a focus on algorithm development and optimization
- Software Defined Radio experience
- Familiarity with other parallel programming models and languages
- Knowledge of hardware architectures and low-level programming
- Experience with real-time systems and embedded software development
- Familiarity with GNU Radio or other SDR frameworks
- Management and technical leadership of small technical teams
- Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time
Preferences:
- Current DoD Top Secret SCI Security Clearance
- Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university
Salary Range: $130,000.00 - $215,000.00/year
Voyager Space - Defense (Valley Tech Systems) offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Voyager Space - Defense (Valley Tech Systems) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran
The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.
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