Senior Software Engineer

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

SES is seeking a talented and passionate Software Development Engineer. You are looking forward to being part of the team and that is designing, developing software for aviation telecommunication products and services.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

• Primarily responsible for the Airborne System Software design and development.


• Responsible for evolving and scaling the platform for any WAN technologies (ATG/ ATG4/ Ku/ 2Ku/ etc. ) code and maintain scalable, modular, fault-tolerant, and portable software for the Gogo Airborne Broadband System running on a target platform using Embedded Linux solutions.


• Perform technical design reviews, code reviews, unit test, and system test reviews.


• Interact with the Systems Engineering & Architecture teams to understand and design for the evolving project requirements.


• Interface with the Product Management to understand the product roadmap and revenue-generating plans.


• Interface with the operations teams to understand the challenges to keep the business running.

COMPETENCIES

• Strong communication skills including technical documentation, written reports and proposals, development and delivery of presentations and the ability to listen to and communicate effectively with customers and vendors.


• Demonstrated ability to lead both on- and off-shore teams effectively.


• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, yet cooperatively in a dynamic, matrixed environment.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

1. Must Have

• Master s or bachelor s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related technology advanced degree preferred.


• Hands-on experience of software development in an Embedded Linux environment and providing technical leadership of software teams.


• A minimum of 7 -10 years of relevant experience in the telecommunications and/or networking industry preferred.


• Strong experience and skill in Object Oriented Design and Implementation.


• Strong experience in Embedded Linux environments.


• Strong programming and debugging skills using either Java, C, C++, or Python.


• Experience with creating and validating user interfaces


• Strong knowledge of IP networking protocols and technologies


• Experience with database and web technologies.


• Experience in Agile software development (story & sprint)


• Experience with Continuous Integration and Test Automation methodology

1. Nice to Have

• Polyglot programming experience is preferred.


• Virtualization and containerization (VirtualBox, Docker, KVM) experience and Microservice architecture and event-driven system design experience would be a big plus


• Knowledge of Service Measurements and Software System Performance would be a plus


• Experience with modern build environments such as Jenkins and Spinnaker would be a plus.


• Experience with releasing products to FAA-regulated market would be a plus.