Open Architecture Engineer

Own Your Future. Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is seeking a Open Architecture Engineer at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. 

Why is MTSI known as a Great Place to Work?

• Interesting Work:  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.  
• Values: Our first core value is that employees come first.  We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry. 
• 100% Employee Ownership: we have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers.  It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.  
• Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for: 
  • Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  • Flexible schedules
  • 6% 401k match with immediate vesting
  • Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  • Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  • Up to $10,000 in annual tuition reimbursement
  • Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  • Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
• Track Record of Success:  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance.

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com.

Responsibilities:

Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:

· Transition RF and EW-related objective architectures from AFRL to the Air Dominance Architecture and Systems Engineering Group portfolio
· Perform technical leadership of an industry consortium as a CLIN lead
· Work with adopting programs and operational users to implement and field capability using open architectures
· Performing the role Senior Software Engineer across multiple acquisition efforts, to include: design, development, integration, test, deployment
· Continuous improvement of open architectures to meet customer needs
· Demonstrate skill sets in programming languages such as C, C++, and Python or protobuf
· Experience with modern commercial software development practices and tools such at: AGILE, Kanban, Git, Artifactory, Cucumber, Atlassian, Jenkins, etc.
· Knowledge with Linux OS, such as: RedHat (RHEL), CentOS, etc.
· Experience with container frameworks and orchestration, such as: Kubernetes, K8s, Docker, Singularity, OCI, etc.
· Proficient at hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets
· Familiarity with digital engineering best practices, to include use of model-based system engineering approaches.
· Assisting in development of RFP packages and other technical documentation for competition and acquisition of new systems
· High-level familiarity with open system design concepts and open architectures
· Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
· Strong oral and written communication skills
· Self-starting, charge-the-hill mentality to deliver mission capability at the speed of need

Qualifications:

· 2+ years’ experience in the DoD working special access programs within the last 4 years

· 6-8+ years' of experience in software engineering or a closely related field
· Experience working with or within open architecture vendor consortiums
· Proficiency with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and DevSecOps pipeline tooling and design activities
· Experience with the following modeling, simulation, and analysis software such as MATLAB, Open Mission Systems (OMS), real time operating systems (RTOS), complex digital device hardware including FPGAs and DSPs, hardware description languages, VPX, VITA, and SOSA, GPU, Cuda, OpenGL, RF Technologies and Software Defined 

· Radios, EO/IR Technologies and knowledge of different IP protocols, interfaces and hardware subsystem
· Experience in development/fielding of EW and Radar capabilities
· Experience with hybrid cloud software targeted deployments
· Leadership of engineers in defining/implementing open architectures and applying commercial software development practices
· Experience developing and evaluation RFP packages and other technical documentation for competition and acquisition of new systems
· Experience working with acquisition and Electronic Warfare community to resolve challenges with implementing open architectures

Education Requirements:

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, electrical engineer, systems engineering, physics, or a closely related field from an accredited university.
· Master’s degree in computer science/engineering, electrical engineer, systems engineering, physics, or a closely related field from an accredited university, (DESIRED).

Certification Requirements:
· None

Clearance Requirements:
· Active Secret Clearance, (to start)
· Active Top Secret Clearance, (DESIRED)
· TS/SCI Eligibility, (Required to maintain position)
· U.S. Citizenship is required for this position

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