Software Engineer - Tester

ManTech - Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time - Senior

Linthicum Heights, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Software Engineer - Tester at ManTech is responsible for developing, maintaining, testing, and enhancing complex software systems. This role involves working both independently and as part of a team to ensure software components meet design requirements and performance standards. The position requires a strong focus on cybersecurity analysis and cryptographic engineering, contributing to national security through innovative projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, test, and enhance complex software systems based on documented requirements.
• Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.
• Resolve software problem reports using appropriate software development methodologies.
• Provide input to software components of system design, including hardware/software trade-offs and requirements analysis.
• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and investigating problem areas.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and obtain project information.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Design or implement complex database interfaces/queries.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models.
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Oversee one or more software development teams to ensure compliance with software development processes.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to meet operational specifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university and fourteen (14) years of experience.
• In lieu of a degree, four (4) years of additional experience on projects with similar scope may be substituted.
• Current and active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.