The Software Engineer will advance the capabilities of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 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 located at NASA's Stennis Space Center and the work would be performed in NRL's facilities.
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 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 Java, C++, and Python
- Data structures
- Unit Testing
- 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:
