C/C++ Software Engineer
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Software Engineering & Development
Design, develop, enhance, maintain, and debug C and C++ software supporting AMOSS and associated C4I systems.
Develop and maintain advanced radar tracking, correlator, and sensor fusion algorithms.
Integrate new air, maritime, and ground-based sensors and data feeds into AMOSS.
Support ingestion and correlation of radar plots, track data, flight plan data, GPS tracking, ADS-B, and tactical data links.
Modify and enhance AMOSS user interfaces, including real-time displays and data visualization components.
Develop and maintain interfaces for both dedicated AMOSS clients and Web-based AMOSS capabilities.
Systems Integration & Operations
Support second-tier software maintenance, advanced troubleshooting, and system performance optimization.
Participate in system upgrades, refreshes, and deployments at AMOC, CAMOC, COOP, and international partner sites.
Ensure software changes comply with DHS, CBP, and AMOC configuration management and security requirements.
Support installation, integration, testing, and validation of software changes in operational and test environments.
Algorithms & Advanced Analytics
Develop and maintain tracking and correlation algorithms, including: Adaptive Kalman filtering for target smoothing and prediction Optimal assignment algorithms for plot-to-track correlation
Adaptive Kalman filtering for target smoothing and prediction
Optimal assignment algorithms for plot-to-track correlation
Support enhancements related to data mining, analytics, and predictive threat modeling.
Collaborate with data scientists and system engineers supporting AI/ML-enabled threat detection systems (e.g., Kestrel).
Documentation & Collaboration
Produce and maintain technical documentation, including: Software Version Description Documents (SVDD) Installation Plans (IP) Systems Acceptance Test Plans (SATP) Source code documentation for long-term sustainment
Software Version Description Documents (SVDD)
Installation Plans (IP)
Systems Acceptance Test Plans (SATP)
Source code documentation for long-term sustainment
Participate in technical interchange meetings with government stakeholders.
Support Program Management Reviews (PMRs) and operational briefings as required.
U.S. Citizen
Secret Clearance Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field (Master’s degree preferred)
Experience
Demonstrated experience developing real-time, mission-critical systems.
Experience with Linux-based development and deployment environments.
Experience with sensor data processing, tracking systems, or complex data correlation.
Experience debugging and maintaining large, legacy codebases.Bachelor's degree and 8-10+years of related work experience
Technical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in C/C++
- Strong understanding of: Real-time systems Multi-threaded programming Networked data inputs High-availability systems
- Real-time systems
- Multi-threaded programming
- Networked data inputs
- High-availability systems
- Familiarity with: Radar or surveillance systems Sensor fusion and tracking algorithms GIS or mapping/display technologies
- Radar or surveillance systems
- Sensor fusion and tracking algorithms
- GIS or mapping/display technologies
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Perforce or Git)
About AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Government services contractor delivering IT and engineering solutions.
Visit company websiteJobs and hiring trendsApply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Senior Cloud Systems Administrator / DevSecOps Security Engineer
Alexandria, USA
AMERICAN SYSTEMS seeks a senior cloud systems and DevSecOps engineer to operate and secure a mission-critical IL5 platform. The role covers Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, cybersecurity operations, and RMF/ATO s
Senior Cloud Systems Administrator / DevSecOps Security Engineer
Alexandria, USA
Solution Architect (Power Platform)
, USA
Technical Draftsman
, USA
Project Manager
Springfield, USA
QA Engineer, Senior
, USA
Linux Administrator
Gaithersburg, USA
NAVAIR Systems Administrator
, USA
Engineering Technician V
Norfolk, USA