Software Engineer (FAA)

BCI under multiple contracts with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Defense (DoD) in Atlantic City, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA, is looking to hire an individual to provide System Engineering support to multiple Aviation Programs. The work will include the examination of several weather programs from the perspective of interoperability with existing and planned National Airspace Systems, Airline Dispatchers, Pilots and Facility personnel. Work with CSS-Wx and the Terminal Precipitation Program is highly desired.

Job Location: William J Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ 08405 (in Pomona)

Job Start Date: Immediate

Shift: 8am - 5pm / M-F

Experience Required including Degree, Certifications:
Minimum BS in an engineering or equivalent discipline with 5 years relevant experience.

The following are additional required areas of experience:

• Proficiency in C and Python programming languages, including troubleshooting and modifying existing code supporting operational infrastructure and developing automation scripts.
• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting various types of servers to support test and evaluation programming scripts.
• Knowledge of maintaining, upgrading, and modifying MariaDB databases (or similar database technologies), including schema changes and table structure updates.
• Ability to develop and modify data communication code for newly onboarded sensors supporting both polled and automatic data transmission methods.
• Experience developing meteorological software algorithms using both real-time and databased (non-real-time) sensor data.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve system performance issues, including network latency, I/O bottlenecks, and resource utilization.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve software and Linux-based system issues across the operational environment.

Description of Duties:

• Contribute to development of operational, functional, and performance requirements for weather sensors considered for airport operations
• Performing technical reviews sensor specification documents, including project interface and network documentation
• Review and support market surveys for weather sensors.

Travel Requirement: Travel to vendor and other FAA facilities for testing is required.

Security Clearance Requirements: Applicants must be US citizens. If hired into an FAA position, applicants will be required to complete the FAA's Vendor Application Procedures (VAP) in which a portion of the process includes applicants being subjected to an investigation by FAA security in order to be deemed eligible for public trust or sensitive positions. If hired into a DoD position, applicants will be subjected to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Salary: Starting at $70,000

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled