The Software Engineer will advance the capabilities of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) by providing software design, development, and maintenance. In this role, you will bridge the gap between software development, quality assurance, and technical writing. You will provide programming support to our engineering teams while also performing software testing procedures and comprehensive documentation tasks.. NRL is in Monterey, CA and the work would be performed in NRL's facilities. Salary Range: $110-125K Duties and Responsibilities: • Programming Support - Assist software engineering teams with writing, debugging, optimizing, and maintaining code modules. • Collaboration Work - closely with senior developers to troubleshoot complex issues and integrate new features into the existing codebase. • Software Transition - Deploy changes to software to the operational environment at FNMOC and provide reports back to the team. • Software Testing - Design, develop, and execute comprehensive manual and automated test plans, including unit, integration, and system testing. • Defect Tracking - Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs using standard issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira, GitLab). • Documentation - Create and maintain clear, accurate technical documentation, API guides, release notes, and user manuals Required Experience: • Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or any other relevant technical field • Secret Security Clearance • 2+ Years of Software Development Experience Desired Qualifications: • Experience with: • Programming languages such as Python, Fortran, Bash/KShell • Data structures • Algorithm Development • Documentation and Technical Writing • Self-motivated yet able to work well within a development team • Strong oral and written communication skills Strong additional consideration for experience with: • Weather Modeling • Operational Center experience