PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer 3, in Rolling Meadows, IL Job ID#218237

 Pay Rate: $152 - $157/hr

Job Description:

As a Software Engineer you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.  Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Our engineers are self-starters who are part of a team of software professionals developing world-class software to meet our customer's high expectations. The Software Engineer designs, develops, operates, and maintains software components and computing systems software to be applied to and integrated with engineering, scientific and manufacturing requirements. The individual shall apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products within the RF Business Unit. This includes interfacing with customers, application users and other technical and support personnel. The ideal individual will have experience including the full software development life cycle, which includes requirements, design, coding, testing, and integration.

Basic Qualifications for Engineer Software 3

·       Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 5+ years of engineering experience, or 3+ years with a Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of experience is required.

·       Object Oriented Programming in C++

·       Experience creating Graphical User Interfaces

·       Familiarity with Software architecture (design patterns, objected oriented design)

·       Familiarity with relational database management systems using SQL

·       Experience Developing Software running Windows Operating Systems

·       Experience with Software development methodologies and frameworks such as Waterfall Methodology and/or Agile.

·       Familiarity with various version control systems (Git, Gitlabs, Github, Bitbucket, ClearCase. etc) and Agile software planning tools (Rally, Jira, etc)

·       US Citizenship

·       Active Secret Clearance is required to start work. 

Preferred Qualifications for Engineer Software 3

·       Experience with Object Oriented Programming in C++ 11

·       Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Batch, etc)

·       Experience testing, debugging, and integrating Software on target hardware platforms

·       Experience with the Qt framework

·       Experience with DOORs requirements management

·       Active Secret Clearance

·       Differentiating characteristics include demonstrated leadership and teamwork capability, interpersonal communication skills and activities.

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.