Senior Software Engineer

Planning Systems Incorporated (PSI) now part of QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group, is an industry leading technology company that serves both commercial and government clients with unrivaled products and services. We serve our clients' needs by translating innovative technology into real-time solutions and applications. With 15 U.S. offices and over 300 employees, PSI has the resources to commercialize our innovations and serve in a prime government-contracting role. We have performed successfully on more than 400 government contracts and have won repeat awards with over a dozen federal agencies.

Work Description:
• Support the Lead Software Engineer in designing, developing, maintaining, upgrading, and documenting the WindPADS software.
• Acquire a thorough understanding of the existing WindPADS system requirements, architecture, functionality, and usage by working closely with the Lead Software Engineer.
• Assume increasing responsibilities, commensurate with level of understanding, which may include:
• Design, develop, and modify WindPADS software to process weather data for the JPADS-MP.
• Interface with, and support the prime contractor in the refactoring and integration of the JPADS-MP/WindPADS software into the Portable Flight Planning System/Combat Airdrop Planning System (PFPS/CAPS).
• Analyze and respond to Help Desk software questions/problems reported by JPADS-MP end users, and devise software solutions and workarounds.
• Represent PSI at various JPADS-MP meetings and exercises.

 

Required Qualifications:
• B.S. Degree (M.S. preferred) in Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years experience in life cycle planning and implementation of scientific software systems.
• 5+ years experience with development, analysis, evaluation, and troubleshooting of scientific software systems.
• 3+ years experience with scientific software development on the Windows XP platform using C/C++ under Visual Studio.
• Familiar with handling geo-referenced files (e.g., weather data files that are indexed by latitude, longitude, altitude, and time).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• U.S. Citizen with (or able to obtain) a U.S Government Secret Security Clearance.

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience with scientific programming under Unix/Linux.
• Experience with MS SQL Server Express RDBMS.
• Experience with NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) data files.
• Experience with GriB (Gridded Binary) data files.
• Familiar with a physical earth science (e.g., meteorology, oceanography, cartography, geography, GIS, etc.).
• Experience with developing software systems for DOD.
• Experience with Visual Basic GUI development under Visual Studio.
• Experience with C#, .NET and Fortran.
• Knowledge of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI).


Note: Any external applicant will be subject to a pre-employment drug screening and will need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified materials, if required.


 Please apply using the following link: http://www.plansys-careers.com/psi/JobBoard/SearchPositions.asp?ShowJobID=720&Keywords=