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Job Title	Sr. Software Systems Engineer
Location	Pittsburgh PA
Business Unit	Battle Management Systems Division
Relocation Available ?	Yes
Job Description	Viz, a business area within General Dynamics C4 Systems, specializes in Human-Centered Design techniques that are focused on combining user feedback with capability requirements early in the development process to deliver the right product to the end user the first time. Our engineers and visual designers create graphical user interface software solutions based on information visualization, interactive data exploration and real-time collaboration. Leveraging expertise in information visualization and information architecture, applications developed here let people analyze and share data as well as thoughts about that data, with other people in real-time. Well-informed group decisions can be made quickly across tactical, technical, organizational and geographic boundaries without incurring travel costs or costly changes to existing information systems. We are looking for a Senior Software Systems Engineer for our distributed collaboration technology. This is a “disruptive technology” is used by a variety of commercial and military projects to develop highly collaborative information visualization applications. The work is very much on the cutting edge, and is in high demand by the U.S. Army. Responsibilities / Expectations: Efforts involve operational concept development, system architecture definition, requirements analysis, trade studies, and design activities. Work with customers, subcontractors and project teams to define, analyze and meet customer needs. -- Understands the big picture and works towards a vision, but also appreciates the importance of the details. Proactively identifies and mitigates risks and defines reasonable trade space from which the team can operate. -- Able to proactively determine requirements and scope of work, define own tasks, and execute with little oversight. Gets things done despite obstacles. Deals well with ambiguity and changing requirements in a fast-paced environment. -- Able to work in a heavily collaborative environment. Takes it upon him/herself to coordinate with other stakeholders and communicate status and needs to the rest of the team. Spends a significant amount of time on communication and coordination. -- Able to take software and processes and help harden them into a mature, mission-critical, “must-work” product and organization. Provides leadership and expertise in applying systematic processes to trade study, analysis, and design activities to ensure the soundness and operational suitability of architecture, design and solutions. -- Provides clear direction for less experienced engineers. Motivates and is respected by others. Ability to mentor and train new hires. Desire to improve things and help others. -- Demonstrates clarity and out-of-the-box thinking in analyzing problems that affect the team. Able to solve multiple technical problems across multiple development phases and technical domains. Specific Knowledge: -- BS degree (Computer Science or a related technical field preferred) -- 8+ years relevant work experience -- Advanced degree strongly desired Required Experience: -- Solid background in software development including experience with object oriented programming (Java preferred) and an understanding of the entire software project life cycle. -- Must have experience with the architecture, design, and development of large software based systems. -- Should also have experience with the integration, and support of large software based systems, especially those with multiple subcontractor integration points. -- Experience working in large teams, interacting with multiple functional areas (systems, software, testing, support, documentation, logistics, etc). -- Knowledge and experience with standard system engineering methodologies, processes, and tools (e.g., CMMI, UML, Rational Products, etc.), and experience developing systems engineering products (SEMP, CONOPS, SRS, SDD, IDD) is desired. -- Must be able to work with little to no supervision. -- Must possess excellent communication skills and be capable of presenting technical concepts in easy to understand terms to large audiences. -- Experience with distributed computing systems is a plus. -- Experience with system simulation and modeling is a plus. Must be able to travel 20% of the time.
Desired Major	Computer Science Computer Engineering
Desired Degree	BS
Req. Number	S09-11192
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