We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Computer Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building computer systems, running critical item tests and benchmarking computers using open-source tools. The successful candidate will be able to work with minimal direction, drive tasks to closure, and contribute to the evaluating high-performance computing systems.
Responsibilities:
- Build/acquire and test computer systems to meet specific performance and functionality requirements.
- Develop and execute test procedures.
- Benchmark and optimize computer systems using open-source tools, such as PassMark and Geekbench.
- Troubleshoot and debug computer systems to identify and resolve performance issues.
- Develop and maintain documentation of computer systems, including design specifications, test results, and performance data.
- Performs software requirements analysis, participates in research, designs, develops and tests software and tools, including development of new work products or enhancing existing applications, systems, or embedded products.
- Codes, tests, integrates, and documents software solutions.
- Applies principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis to the development of complex software and architectures.
- Researches and analyzes data, such as customer design proposals, market trends, state of technology and industry, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application.
- Participates in internal review of software components and systems.
- Receives little instruction on day-to-day work.
- More often responsible to define the scope, schedule, and expectations for the work they execute or lead.
- Independently determines approach to solutions.
- Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
- Contributes and is accountable for the completion of major programs and projects.
- Responsible for the resolution of significant and diverse problems and issues of broad scope and complexity.
- May provide leadership and/or direction to lower-level employees and teams.
- Failure to accomplish results or errors may cause significant project delays or require the substantial allocation of additional resources.
- Collaborates with senior management and leadership within engineering and sometimes across the company.
- Frequently works with organizations outside engineering or with external customers.
- Builds stable working relationships internally.
- Travel may be required.
- Security clearance may be required.
- Networks with senior internal and external personnel.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in computer engineering, with a focus on building/testing components for computer systems
- Experience with benchmarking tools, including PassMark and Geekbench
- Strong understanding of computer hardware and software interactions
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction and drive tasks to closure
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Linux operating systems, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting
- Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its applications
- Knowledge of scripting languages, such as Python or Bash
- Familiarity with industry-standard protocols and interfaces, such as PCIe, USB, and NVMe
- Experience troubleshooting system, hardware, FW issues.
- Experience with Environmental Qualification Testing
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- A seasoned, experienced professional with a highly proficient understanding of software engineering concepts, principles, and theories and expert at applying technical standards and methodologies to resolve a wide range of issues in creative ways.
- Capable of working on problems of diverse scope requiring extensive analysis of data and evaluation of a multitude of factors.
- Demonstrates highly proficient judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
- Highly proficient knowledge of the software development process as well as software engineering concepts, principles, and theories.
- Highly proficient knowledge of other related engineering and support disciplines.
- Detailed and highly proficient knowledge of technology trends and champions new ideas and product and process improvements.
- Highly proficient knowledge of software tools supporting Integrated Development Environments (IDE), version control, defect reporting, and scripting.
- Ability to be creative, innovative, and responsible, and able to master highly proficient decision-making skills.
- Highly proficient ability to handle significant responsibility, leadership, and accountability while executing very complex assignments.
- Shows initiative on assignments, and professionally executes projects with very little direction, or can provide direction and leadership to technical teams.
- Exercises independent judgment and sometimes defines new procedures and practices to improve team and company performance.
- Advocate and champion at applying company policies and procedures to resolve very complex issues.
- Highly proficient ability to recognize and clearly report relevant information.
- Skilled in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions.
- Highly proficient ability to provide technical leadership to an organization.
- Fully proficient ability to use the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the software development life cycle to support the generation of technical engineering products.
Our Commitment to You:
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
- See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options:
The position will be on-site.
While on-site, you will be a part of the Innovation Drive, Manassas VA facility.
