Senior Software Engineer
NextGen Federal Systems7 months ago
Dayton, OH, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Develop, customize, and maintain STK-based applications for mission planning, analysis, and visualization.
- Integrate STK Engine, STK Components, or STK Desktop with external tools, models, APIs, and data sources.
- Implement Python backend services and support React frontend interfaces.
- Analyze and interpret simulation results and provide actionable insights to engineering teams and stakeholders.
- Maintain traceability between mission analysis outputs and system models within the digital engineering environment.
- Support application deployment and execution in containerized or cloud-based environments.
- Create documentation, user guides, and technical deliverables.
- Troubleshoot and enhance existing tools to improve performance, usability, and scalability.
- Interface directly with end customers and customer leadership while supporting mission analyses.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in the aerospace or defense industry with demonstrated software development experience.
- Required proficiency in Python and backend frameworks such as Flask.
- Experience integrating tools through APIs such as REST.
- Strong React JS expertise is highly desirable.
- Experience customizing or automating STK-based tools or applications, including STK, STK Engine, STK Components, or Cesium, is highly desired.
- Experience with version control systems, preferably Git, is highly desirable.
- Proven Full Stack Developer experience or similar experience is highly desirable.
- Active Top Secret clearance is required; SCI eligibility is preferred.
- Preferred experience includes STK-to-MBSE integration, digital engineering ecosystems, mission thread development, model orchestration tools, Docker, cloud environments, and DevSecOps practices.
- Ability to self-manage multiple tasks according to priorities and deadlines.
About NextGen Federal Systems
NextGen Federal Systems is a privately held IT and engineering firm that delivers software, systems integration, and cybersecurity solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The company provides a mix of services and productized solutions in areas such as C4ISR, geospatial analytics, modeling and simulation, cloud, and AI/ML. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Morgantown, West Virginia, it supports highly regulated programs with ISO 9001 and CMMI Level 3 appraisals.