6 months ago
Dahlgren, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$120k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, improve, test, and maintain software for FMS Fire Control Systems.
- Analyze, design, and implement software using high-level programming languages.
- Implement track modeling, time algorithms, and inter-process communications using TCP/IP sockets.
- Collaborate with development teams in an agile environment to deliver technical solutions.
- Attend weekly leadership meetings, provide project status updates, and identify risks or opportunities.
- Design and document software and systems for defense and surface-ship-related applications.
- Support software development in multithreaded and multiprocess environments and across diverse hardware configurations.
- Develop hardware drivers and firmware when required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or another technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
- At least 5 years of software development experience, including analysis, design, testing, and maintenance.
- Proficiency in one or more of C/C++, Java, or Ada.
- Knowledge of Red Hat and experience with UNIX/Linux tools and utilities.
- Experience with track modeling, time algorithms, and TCP/IP socket-based inter-process communications.
- U.S. citizenship and an active SECRET U.S. government clearance.
- Preferred experience with simulation systems, situational awareness systems, tactical-system interfaces, UML, NetBeans IDE, VxWorks, CORBA, XML, HTML, hardware drivers, firmware, and the GeDEAR framework.
- Preferred experience working in agile, team-based, and multi-stakeholder environments.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching.
- Educational reimbursement.
- Parental leave.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Tax-saving options.
- Disability and life insurance.
- Pet insurance.
- Onsite work at NSWC Dahlgren, Virginia.
- Benefits may vary by employment type, location, collective bargaining agreement, or other employment contract.
- The requisition was originally posted on 05/18/2026 and remains open until filled.
About Amentum
Amentum provides engineering, operations and maintenance, logistics, and mission support services to U.S. federal agencies and allied governments, including defense and energy programs. Its business centers on large, long-term government contracts spanning defense, space, nuclear cleanup, and infrastructure, with program management and technical services at the core. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it was formed in 2020 from the spinoff of AECOM’s Management Services division.