Software Developer (ADV0003F3) - ERC

Job Title

Software Developer (ADV0003F3) - ERC

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX 77058 US (Primary)

Job Description

For more than 30 years, ERC has been delivering the advantage needed to solve our customers' and the nation's toughest challenges. A trusted partner to the Defense and Space communities. We provide the advanced engineering, innovative technology, and subject-matter expertise to deliver the mission results our customers need to keep the nation safe and secure. Our unique solutions enhance readiness, optimize performance, and help ensure success in the air, on the ground and in space.

An essential part of our success is our corporate culture built on respect, empowerment, and collaboration. Our culture elevates our people, ensuring they provide best-in-class service and solutions to our customers. We always strive to do the right thing. We believe that are our people are our best asset and human connection our greatest strength.

Our ~2,000 employees work on the most critical missions in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force (USAF), NASA, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We provide support for Test and Evaluation (T&E), Modeling & Simulation, Agile Software Development, Systems Engineering, and more. Our teams' current projects range from engineering and logistics support for vital space hardware to platform and weapons modeling, simulation, and engineering.

Check us out on ERC.US

Your role:

The Software Developer will join our team with ERC, a JETS teammate company.

What you'll do all day:

• Work in a small team environment alongside NASA software engineers, planetary scientists, flight controllers and report to project lead or project manager for technical support, task assignment, and processes
• Code, build, test, and deploy feature enhancements to core products in the EMSS software portfolio
• Plan and execute software troubleshooting to resolve bugs
• Generate demonstrations and provide tutorials of the software tools you will build to a broader NASA community
• Interact frequently with other Jacobs/JETS teams and departments as well as other contractors and civil servants
• Perform job functions based on pre-established guidelines or instructions
• Perform other duties as required

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
• Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians
• Are good at communicating with people
• Have a positive attitude
• Enjoy multitasking

Minimum requirements for this position:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Typically has a BS degree in a computer or system science discipline from an accredited college or university and five(5) years of progressive, relevant experience, or an MS degree in a computer or system science and four (4) years of progressive experience, or Ph.D. degree in a computer of system science discipline
• Professional work experience testing and launching software products, experience with software design and architecture
• Experience in software development using a general-purpose programming language and web technologies (e.g., JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, React, SQL).
• Experience architecting and developing distributed systems design
• Self-motivated, team player and adaptable to a dynamic environment and the ability to complete all assignments as required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with teammates, customers, and management at all levels
• Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings.
• Ability to visualize and work with complex software systems and work with others in problem solving as part of a team.
• Able to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision.
• Interest and willingness to learn deploying solutions to cloud infrastructure
• Interest in contributing to the advancement of human spaceflight

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Hands on technical leadership experience leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience with Geographic Information System (GIS) product manipulation, visualization and analysis (e.g. GDAL, PostGIS, map web services)
• Experience deploying to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and containerization systems (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact.
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages

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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