Computer Programmer - ERC

Company: Engineering Research
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

Computer ProgrammerHuntsville/Redstone Arsenal, ALERC is a servant-leader oriented company with approximately 2,000 employees and multiple contracts across the US. We believe that our culture has a direct influence on the job satisfaction of our employees and is reflected in the outstanding quality of service received by our customers. Your role:In your role as a Computer Programmer, you will directly support the control, data acquisition, data processing, reduction, and management efforts surrounding missile and engine system testing. You will aid in the maintenance efforts of existing internally developed tooling as well as work to develop additional tooling through the development of custom applications or extensions to commercial off-the-shelf software applications. These efforts support the conduct of developmental testing of missiles, military aircraft, and other weapon systems in direct support of the test and evaluation mission of the United States Army Redstone Test Center located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.What you'll do all day:* Work as part of a team of engineering and technician staff involving managing test and evaluation projects.* Work as part of the Directorate staff managing existing and creating new tools for administrative operations.* Communicate with internal customers to gather and iterate on software requirements in order to solve a variety of control/data processing and administrative tasks.* Maintain and extend existing data processing applications.* Maintain and extend existing administrative applications.* Aid in the creation of data acquisition/processing workflows in order to meet the different data requirements for the different types of testing.* Manage current in-house C# FALCN software in support of RAPTR program.* Extend the use of the FALCN software into fire control systems.* Provide technical support to leadership in support of various RTC tools.* Communicate with test team to interpret physical and programmatic requirements for computer applications that fulfill RTC technical requirements.You will love this job if you:* Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks.* Enjoy a fast-paced work environment.* Appreciate working on varying tasks and not working one task for long periods of time.* Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers, technicians, and military and civilian leadership.* Are good at communicating with people.* Have a positive attitude.* Enjoy multitasking.* Have a desire to serve your country and keep our soldiers safe.Minimum requirements for this position:* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline from an ABET accredited college/university and three (3) years of experience in applications programing -OR-An Associate's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline and five (5) years of applicable experience -OR-Seven (7) years of applicable experience performing software development, analysis, integration and related functions for research, development, test and evaluation in support of military equipment and systems.* Applicable experience includes applications programming in a higher level language (using Visual Studio IDE 2015-later, VB.net, C++, C#, etc.), configuration management, maintenance, software unit testing, and operation of existing programs* Demonstrated understanding of basic procedural and object originated design principals.* Demonstrated understanding of the general software development lifecycle.* Demonstrated understanding of basic relational database usage via SQL.* Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Government security clearance. * Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screening* Must have a valid driver's license.* Must be a US Citizen.Desired skills and experience for this position:* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline from an ABET accredited college/university and six (6) years of experience in applications programing -OR-An Associate's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline and eight (8) years of applicable experience -OR-Ten (10) years of applicable experience performing software development, analysis, integration and related functions for research, development, test and evaluation in support of military equipment and systems.* Understanding engineering principles involving data acquisition and control techniques* Understanding of multi-system software architectures.* Experience with managing multiple large SQL relational databases, including read/write/backup/restore.* Experience with 3rd party/device-specific API's for data acquisition and control external devices.* Experience managing large software projects (> 250k lines of code).What we offer:* Competitive salaries.* Continuing education assistance.* Professional development allotment.* Multiple healthcare benefit packages.* 401K with employer matching.* Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday schedule.

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