DCS Corporation Looking for Software Project Lead at Sterling Heights, MI  Full Time

This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced program with DCScorp’s U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Ground Vehicle Systems Center engineering group located in Warren, MI (formerly TARDEC). As an experienced Senior Software Engineer and Project Lead, you will work alongside our U.S. Army customer, applying your extensive skills and experience in providing technical engineering services to support the development of software requirements, architecture, design, code and test for the Vehicle Electronics Architecture team in the development of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicles.

Essential Job Functions:

This work will include leading a team of talented software and computer engineers in the development of modular software, integration frameworks, design, development, test of operational software products. It will involve the coordination and integration of other software activities and products from other supplying entities.

As part of the project leadership team help to develop, monitor, and maintain a proper cost, schedule, and quality project pillars.

Excellent communication skills are required to interface with systems and software development engineers as well as our government customer.

Ensure the team is developing requirements, software, and test methods following standard software processes – both organizational and industry best practices.

Providing guidance in creating new system/software architectures and supporting the design and development of software necessary to meet project expectations.

As a senior team member, you would be part of the resolution of project issues and working to present solutions to our government customer.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. citizenship is required.

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (CS, CE, EE, Math) and 12 years of experience. Preference given to candidates with advanced degrees in the same field.

Complete software development lifecycle development experience using agile methods in both large and small teams.

Experience developing embedded software for automotive, military, or industrial equipment, including integration and Software Test from internal and external software development teams using both low- and higher-level programming languages including OO focused languages. C++ is a must.

Proven Skills in software communication protocols, including Ethernet (UDP/TCP), CAN, and steaming video.

Proficient Linux experience, including build toolchains, interfacing with 3^rd party software, system utilities, system maintenance, including the ability to write scripts in Linux such as python, shell scripts.

Mentoring experience and the ability to help junior developers troubleshoot and work through software bugs and integration issues.

Desired Skills:

Experience developing Software following formal industry accepted processes & guidelines.

Ability to troubleshoot and debug issues using GDB, hardware debugger.

Experience with software development and test pipelines (CI/CD), and experience with development tools such as Atlassian, bitbucket, etc.