Defense Software Engineer Back-End Lead

2 weeks ago

Warren, MI, United States TEC Group Full time
Defense Software Engineer - Back-End Lead
  • Warren, MI
  • $55-$64/hour
Job Summary:
The Defense Software Engineer Back-End Lead will lead the design, development, and integration of back-end software architectures and services for embedded and distributed systems used in military applications. This role requires proficiencies in software architecture, team leadership, and a deep understanding of software development standards. The successful candidate will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet stringent military requirements and timelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Serve as the technical lead for back-end software development, ensuring robust system design, maintainable codebases, and alignment with architecture standards.
• Capture and document requirements, translating system and software needs into robust, scalable architectures and clean, maintainable code.
• Create and review software work products such as code, requirements, sequence/ timing diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), and system integration documentation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including code quality, development tools, and process optimizations.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior software developers.
• Develop quotations for customers including defining scope, assumptions, deliverables, timeline, and costing.
• Guide the team in designing software systems that follow modular, reusable, and scalable principles.

Education and Experience (required):
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 6 years of software development experience.
• Experience with In-Vehicle Software architecture and design.
• Experience with software languages, technologies, methodologies, API's, database, and Pub/Sub.
• U.S. Citizen.

Education and Experience (preferred):
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field.
• Strong working knowledge of software technology architecture and configuration.
• Working knowledge of multi-system integration, Internet of Things (IOT), web app development, and distributed systems integration.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle models (Agile, V-Model, Waterfall) and configuration management tools (Git, Bitbucket, Jira).

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities (required):
• Strong proficiency in C and C++; additional experience in Python is a plus.
• Ability to lead and manage cross-functional software teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of communications protocols and standards including Controller Area, Network (CAN bus), TCP/IP, UDP, DDS and other serial protocols.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• Capable of planning, estimating, scheduling, and coordinating technical aspects of projects.
• Ability to manage a small team of software developers.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities (preferred):
• Experience with vetronics systems and understanding of MIL-STD interfaces and requirements.
• Automotive vehicle knowledge, including hands on mechanical or electrical work.
• Experience developing and integrating attractive and intuitive GUIs in embedded environments; familiarity with LVGL is a plus.

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