Senior Software Engineer

*Title: *Senior Software Engineer *Reports to: *Engineering Manager *Classification:* Exempt *Labor Category: *Senior Software Engineer *Salary Level: * *Full-Time/Part-Time:* Full-Time *Location:* Orlando, FL *Company Overview:* Vertex Solutions is rethinking what it means to train people by providing high fidelity, immersive training devices that enable people to quickly conceptualize ideas. Our training devices are where people need them to enable rapid proficiency development with complex tasks. Our company’s 25 years of experience in curriculum and courseware development enables us to create smart, holistic solutions across a spectrum of training techniques and technologies. Vertex Solutions is an industry leader in extended reality (XR) training devices and training curriculum development. We’ve delivered over 500 XR training devices and tens of thousands of hours of courseware that are being used by instructors and students every day. We are not just talking about XR technologies, we are delivering XR technologies to change training outcomes today. Vertex Solutions has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer for current and emerging programs at our company. Come join Vertex Solutions, where you will be part of an ambitious team of changemakers who have restless curiosity and a drive for innovation. We offer a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. With a leadership position in XR training, we are poised to expand our capabilities and establish an even stronger presence in the defense and commercial sectors. *Job Summary:* Vertex Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Warfighter Simulation Systems to design, develop, integrate, and sustain software models supporting advanced military aviation training and simulation systems. This position will have direct responsibility for the development of warfighter ownship models and associated aircraft and mission-system capabilities. The successful candidate will combine strong software engineering fundamentals with applicable military aviation and simulation domain knowledge, including aircraft systems, avionics, flight models, flight controls, radar, offensive systems, defensive systems, and related mission capabilities. This is not solely a coding role. The Software Engineer is expected to understand the operational and technical intent of assigned capabilities; decompose requirements; develop a sound technical design; implement and unit-test software; maintain configuration control; and support integration through demonstration and delivery. The ideal candidate understands both how the software works and what the warfighter needs the simulated system to do. *Primary Responsibilities: * _Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions._ *Ownship & Mission-System Development* * Design, develop, integrate, test, and sustain software models representing military aircraft and associated ownship capabilities. * Develop simulated aircraft systems and behaviors including, as applicable: * Aircraft systems and avionics * Flight dynamics and flight models * Flight-control systems * Navigation and flight-management functions * Radar and sensor systems * Offensive systems and weapons employment * Defensive systems and threat response * Electronic warfare and countermeasure systems * Communications and tactical systems * Cockpit controls, displays, and pilot interfaces * Translate aircraft, subsystem, interface, and operational requirements into software capabilities and behaviors. * Work with pilots, operational SMEs, systems engineers, integration engineers, and other developers to ensure simulated behaviors accurately represent the intended platform and mission capability. * Troubleshoot software and system-level issues identified during integration, test, demonstration, and customer evaluation. * Support software integration into distributed and system-level simulation environments. *Software Engineering Lifecycle* The Software Engineer will be responsible for assigned capabilities throughout the development lifecycle and is expected to: * Analyze and decompose system and software requirements into implementable software requirements and development tasks. * Identify dependencies, interfaces, assumptions, constraints, and technical risks before beginning implementation. * Develop and document an appropriate software design and technical approach prior to coding. * Review proposed designs with engineering leads, subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders as appropriate. * Develop maintainable, reusable, and testable software in accordance with established coding standards and architectures. * Develop and execute unit tests to verify software functionality prior to system integration. * Perform peer reviews and participate in technical design and code reviews. * Maintain software under established configuration-management and version-control processes. * Support integration, regression testing, defect resolution, verification, and validation. * Maintain appropriate technical documentation throughout development and delivery. Successful development is measured by working, integrated capability, not simply completion of code. *Warfighter & Mission-Domain Knowledge* Applicable warfighter and military aviation domain knowledge is highly valued for this position. Candidates should have experience or demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: * Military aircraft systems * Aircraft avionics * Flight dynamics and flight models * Flight-control systems * Radar and sensor systems * Air-to-air and/or air-to-ground mission systems * Weapons and stores management * Radar warning and threat-detection systems * Electronic warfare and electronic countermeasures * Targeting and sensor systems * Communications and tactical datalinks * Cockpit displays and pilot interfaces * Distributed Mission Operations * Live, Virtual, and Constructive training environments The successful candidate should be capable of working beyond a written requirement to understand the operational intent and expected behavior of the modeled system. Experience developing software for military flight simulators, mission trainers, weapons-system trainers, operational flight trainers, training devices, aircraft systems, or related defense simulation environments is strongly preferred. *Agile Development & Program Execution* Vertex operates in an Agile engineering environment. Software Engineers are expected to take ownership of both their technical work and the commitments made to the broader team. Responsibilities include: · Participate in sprint planning, daily Scrum meetings, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies. · Break requirements and capabilities into clearly defined development tasks and user stories. · Develop credible Level-of-Effort (LOE) estimates for assigned work. · Identify dependencies, technical risks, and blockers early. · Maintain accurate and timely status of assigned activities in Jira. · Communicate when work is at risk of exceeding planned effort or schedule. · Demonstrate completed functionality during sprint reviews, engineering demonstrations, integration events, and customer demonstrations. · Collaborate across engineering disciplines to support sprint and program objectives. · Own assigned work from initial requirement through integration and demonstration. *Supervisory Responsibility* This position has no supervisory responsibility. *Work Environment* This job operates in an office or home office environment. *Physical Demands*The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and work on a computer for long periods of time. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, and kneel. The employee must be able to lift and carry up to 10 pounds as needed. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus. *Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:* Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours of 0900 – 1600 (Central). Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. *Travel:* Travel is expected for this position (5 - 10 times per year). *Required Education, Experience, and Skills: * * Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent directly relevant military or industry experience may be considered. * Professional software-development experience using modern programming languages and development practices. * Demonstrated understanding of the software-development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, unit testing, integration, and configuration management. * Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to systematically identify root causes and resolve complex software and system-level issues. * Experience using debugging tools, logs, instrumentation, data analysis, and other diagnostic techniques to isolate software defects and unexpected system behavior. * Ability to troubleshoot issues across software components, interfaces, simulation models, configuration, and integrated system behavior, rather than focusing solely on individual code modules. * Experience using source/version control and collaborative software-development processes. * Ability to analyze complex technical requirements and translate them into practical software designs and implementations. * Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to work through ambiguous technical problems with incomplete information. * Ability to communicate effectively with software engineers, systems engineers, integration teams, program leadership, customers, and operational SMEs. * Ability to independently manage assigned work while collaborating effectively within an Agile development team. * Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, including CONUS and OCONUS travel on short notice when program or customer requirements dictate. * Ability to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for assigned programs. *Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills: * * Experience developing software for military aviation simulation, mission training, or defense systems. * Experience developing aircraft ownship or subsystem models. * Military aviation, operational, engineering, or mission-system experience. * Experience with flight models, flight controls, avionics, radar, weapons, electronic warfare, defensive systems, or related aircraft capabilities. * Experience with real-time simulation architectures and distributed simulation environments. * Familiarity with DIS, HLA, CIGI, or similar simulation interfaces and protocols. * Experience with C++, C#, Python, or other languages commonly used in simulation and real-time system development. * Experience with Jira and Agile/Scrum development practices. * Experience with Git or similar configuration-management/version-control tools. * Experience developing automated unit and integration tests. * Experience supporting laboratory, simulator, system-integration, or customer test environments. *Work Authorization/Security Clearance:* In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Background checks- criminal, civil, employment, and education required. Drug screening in compliance with drug-free workplace standards. Ability to obtain a federal government clearance when required for projects. *Other Duties:* Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. _Vertex Solutions, LLC is an “Equal Opportunity Employer,” and prohibits, in all employment-related practices and decisions, discrimination, harassment, or prejudicial treatment against any person based on race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions, age, disability, veteran status, or otherwise as provided by federal, state, or local law._ Pay: $130,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year Benefits: * 401(k) * AD&D insurance * Bereavement leave * Dependent health insurance coverage * Disability insurance * Employee assistance program * Flexible spending account * Health insurance * Health savings account * Life insurance * Military leave * Paid holidays * Paid time off * Prescription drug insurance * Vision insurance Work Location: In person