This role is vital to producing software solutions that meet electrical, mechanical and CONOPs needs. The ideal candidate has a solid depth of understanding of robotic systems and underwater technologies.
ResponsibilitiesApply working knowledge of the software lifecycle to develop and lead software efforts.
Make and implement decisions for designing and maintaining software architecture.
Lead small software development teams.
Actively interface with the electrical and mechanical leads, customer, and program manager
Ensure project CDRL’s are delivered and accepted by the customer. This includes requirements management, software documentation, unit testing, software safety testing, and software qualification testing.
Lead trade studies for hardware such as navigation units, board stacks, and power monitors.
Support software testing on the factory floor, offsite, and offshore.
Perform analysis of user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
Guide system development and implementation planning through preparation of concept of operations, interfaces control documents, hazard analysis, and test plans and procedures.
Display excellent technical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to look at the “big picture” in system design.
Demonstrate ability to devise innovative solutions to problems when conventional solutions are insufficient.
Review progress and evaluate results of work accomplished by self and others.
Prepare reports and presents results to management and client.
Schedules can be demanding throughout the year and occasional work outside normal working hours should be anticipated.
Staff Engineers are also expected to take a leadership role within the software group. This includes helping craft and enforce policies and procedures for software development, mentorship, and potential functional management responsibilities of team members.
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL:
BS Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline. Commensurate experience will be considered.
8+ years of practical experience in software engineering.
Experience with C and C++.
Solid written and oral communications skills, including ability to effectively document, convey, and present engineering concepts and products to team members and customers.
Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Department of Defense Security Clearance.
Must be a US citizen.
PREFERRED:
Experience developing in underwater vehicle or robotic software frameworks and expanding framework capabilities.
Experience working on Department of Defense software efforts.
Experience with Linux OS or bare metal firmware.
Experience with microprocessors and single-board computer (SBC) based control systems that interface to sensors and hardware (e.g. cameras, navigation sensors, valve packs, other boards).
Ability to implement and debug communication protocols including: UDP and multicast, TCP, serial protocols, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.
Experience with pub/sub communication middleware such as RTI, MQTT, or ProtoBuf.
Experience with microservices based architectures utilizing containerization and orchestration.
Experience with Model-Based System Engineering.
Experience with CI/CD, specifically utilizing Jira, GitHub and Artifactory.
ADDITIONAL:
Additional duties as assigned.
We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Employee benefits vary by role, however, may include Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Retirement Savings, Life and Disability, Paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Compensation $138,300.00 - 207,500.00
Skills Required
- BS Degree in a STEM discipline or commensurate experience
- 8+ years of practical experience in software engineering
- Experience with C and C++
- Solid written and oral communications skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Department of Defense Security Clearance
- Must be a US citizen
- Experience developing in underwater vehicle or robotic software frameworks
- Experience working on Department of Defense software efforts
- Experience with Linux OS or bare metal firmware
- Experience with microprocessors and single-board computer (SBC) based control systems interfacing to sensors and hardware
- Ability to implement and debug communication protocols: UDP, multicast, TCP, serial, SPI, I2C, CAN
- Experience with pub/sub communication middleware such as RTI, MQTT, or ProtoBuf
- Experience with microservices architectures, containerization and orchestration
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering
- Experience with CI/CD and tools such as Jira, GitHub, and Artifactory
Oceaneering Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Oceaneering and has not been reviewed or approved by Oceaneering.
-
Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are portrayed as comprehensive, including private medical insurance and broad medical, dental, and vision coverage tailored to local markets. In several contexts, coverage is characterized as good to outstanding.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement programs include pension/retirement plans and a U.S. 401(k), which are consistently highlighted as part of a competitive package. These elements are described as contributing meaningful value to overall compensation.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave programs include PTO/vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave, with annual leave emphasized globally. Time-off provisions are noted as a steady component of total rewards even when salary opinions differ.
Oceaneering Insights
What We Do
Oceaneering pushes the frontiers of deep water, space and motion entertainment environments to execute with new, leading-edge connections to solve tomorrow’s challenges, today. As the trusted subsea connection specialist, our experience combined with the depth and breadth of our portfolio of technologies allows us to engineer solutions for the most complex subsea challenges. From routine to extreme, our integrated products, services, and innovative solutions safely de-risk operational systems, increase reliability, and enable a lower total cost of ownership. We are connecting what’s needed with what’s next as the world’s largest ROV operator and the leading ROV provider to the oil and gas industry with over 300 systems operating worldwide. With our safety-focused and innovative approach, we responsively and decisively react to subsea challenges while providing solutions swiftly and efficiently.
