Software Engineer needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Arlington, VA.
Contract Length: 9+ months
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in C++ software development within Linux environments, deep knowledge of network communication protocols, and hands-on experience with modern containerization and orchestration technologies. This role requires strong technical leadership, collaboration across multiple engineering teams, and the ability to develop innovative solutions to complex software challenges.
Responsibilities:
- Design, analyze, develop, and maintain software applications and frameworks that support mission-critical systems.
- Write, update, and maintain high-quality source code while ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability of software solutions.
- Develop new features, enhance system performance, and troubleshoot complex software issues across multiple technical domains.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle including design, coding, testing, configuration management, documentation, and software release activities.
- Develop and maintain software components using C++ within Linux-based environments.
- Implement and support network communication protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, and DDS for system interoperability.
- Utilize containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes (RKE2) to support modernized software deployment and automation practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to support software integration, system deployment, and operational sustainment.
- Maintain and manage software configurations using modern source control and configuration management tools.
- Develop technical solutions to complex engineering problems impacting multiple systems, programs, or disciplines.
- Communicate technical designs, architecture decisions, and software implementation strategies with internal teams and external partners.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across development workflows, software release processes, and system performance optimization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor and/or Master's degree in a relevant engineering or a related field (including ME, EE, CS, CE, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace, etc.) or equivalent practical experience.
- Basic understanding of robotics and autonomous systems technologies.
- Designing and implementing software packages using Python in a Linux environment.
- Developing unit tests and integration tests for software packages in support of continuous integration.
- Implementing interface adapters to convert data from one format into another format (e.g., from JSON to
XML).
- Working with cross-functional team members to breakdown project goals into software design,
implementation, and testing tasks.
- Using Git as a version control system for developed software.
- Reviewing software and documentation developed by others and providing constructive comments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Designing, implementing, and testing software written in C++ in a Linux environment.
- Extensive knowledge of robotics and autonomous systems technologies, techniques, architectures, and
algorithms.
- Reviewing published research papers and prototyping their approaches/algorithms in software.
- Designing and architecting new (or extensions to existing) software systems, including defining interfaces
for software modules, identifying architectural patterns to employ, and determining software languages
and libraries to leverage.
- Evaluating different software design approaches and software tools and proposing a recommended path
forward to team members.
- Developing software design and architecture documentation (i.e., Interface Control Document, Software
Architecture Design Document, etc.).
- Developing software in an Agile framework using toolsets such as JIRA and Confluence
Employment Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.
SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
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SOC LLC
Mar 12, 2026