Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies is seeking a Software Application Developer to join a team supporting the 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron (EWS), 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing (350 SWW), at Eglin AFB, Florida. The 350 SWW is the technical focal point for all electronic warfare (EW) support of warfighter systems for the Combat Air Forces (CAF). The mission of the 350 SWW is to develop and test mission data (MD) to defeat enemy radar and infrared guided missile systems, thus enhancing aircrew and aircraft survivability in combat.
This mission includes operational EW testing, MD development/validation/verification, force development evaluation execution and facilitating foreign materiel exploitation.
As a Software Application Developer, your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:
- Support the production, test, and development environments by designing, developing, programming and maintaining Windows platform desktop and client/server applications in support of the 350th SWW.
- Translate technical issues and gather requirements/limitations from management and staff.
- Develop desktop and client/server applications with C#, VB.NET, Python, MATLAB, and SQL Server.
- Provide advice and assistance with relational databases and interface applications to databases.
- Provide advice and assistance with optimizing SQL stored procedures and functions.
- Analyze problems, design solutions, and optimize current/new techniques.
- Deploy and maintain software and databases to customer sites and communicate with customers to diagnose and resolve technical customer issues.
- Provide advice and assistance with understanding the software development lifecycle.
- Provide advice and assistance with technical knowledge and writing requirements, design, and deployment documentations.
- Support an interest in Machine Learning to identify areas to modernize.
Required Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship
- A Bachelor’s or Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field, like math, science, or engineering.
- 3+ years experience with EW programs.
- 3-10 years experience software development.
- Strong understanding of programming languages like C#, VB.NET, Python, MATLAB, and SQL Server
- Technical knowledge and good commenting background for code deployment documentation.
- Communication to interface with the customers in gathering requirements, diagnosing and resolving issues.
- Experience coding, debugging and maintaining applications in aforementioned program languages
- Analyze problems at a fundamental level to design flexible solutions to optimize new techniques.
- Understand software development lifecycle and knowledge of Risk Management Framework.
- Be able to optimize SQL stored procedures/functions.
- Detailed-oriented, focused, creative to tackle customer pain points in efficiency and generate scalable solutions.
- Familiar with Windows batch files and basic command-line automation.
- Possess active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret DoW Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A current active Top Secret or Secret security clearance is highly preferred.
- Desired experience with machine learning for modernization efforts.
Schedule: M-F; 8-5
Work Location: Onsite, Eglin AFB, FL
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Careers Link as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to [email protected]. Thank you for your interest in Torch Technologies.
Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, science, engineering, or a related field
- 3 or more years of experience with electronic warfare programs
- 3 to 10 years of software development experience
- Strong understanding of C#, VB.NET, Python, MATLAB, and SQL Server
- Experience coding, debugging, and maintaining applications
- Technical knowledge and experience writing code deployment documentation
- Customer communication experience for gathering requirements, diagnosing issues, and resolving technical problems
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle and Risk Management Framework
- Ability to optimize SQL stored procedures and functions
- Familiarity with Windows batch files and basic command-line automation
- Active Secret security clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Department of War clearance
- Machine learning experience for modernization efforts
What We Do
Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce. Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.









