Software Engineer 3

HII

Software Engineer 3 at Newport News Shipbuilding collaborating on software requirements development and validation for naval systems. Conducting multidisciplinary research and ensuring compliance with software standards.

Posted 4/18/2026full-timeNewport News • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with engineering designers, component/system engineers, and software developers in the development of requirements that are measurable, achievable, and verifiable using a System Engineering approach
Performs requirement decomposition/derivation from Hull Mechanical & Electrical (HM&E) System Requirements to produce Software Requirement Specifications of the Logic and Human Machine Interface Components of the Machinery Control and Monitoring System (MCMS)
Responsible for mapping customer requirements from the Customer Requirements Document to the lowest system level requirements across multiple hulls
Create and define scope of work for software developers and testers based on requirements and documents provided by customer for a given software modification
Review Software test procedures to ensure verification of validation requirements is properly mapped to applicable verification methods for the requirements
Ensures compliance with applicable software standards
Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions
Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software
Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems
Ensures software standards are met

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience
Master’s Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience
Ph.D. and 0 years of experience
Strong HM&E operation and maintenance or HM&E Test background is required
Strong verbal and excellent HM&E Technical Writing skills with a demonstrated ability to develop written process documentation required
High degree of organizational skills and attention to detail required
Strong critical/logical thinking, data analytical skills, and problem solving capability is required
Knowledge of Software Criticality Analysis is a plus
Knowledge of Unified Modeling Language and Common Object Sequence Diagrams is a plus
Knowledge of Propulsion Plant Monitoring & Control (PPMC) is a plus
Software development lifecycle experience preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products, specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
on-site health centers
tele-medicine
wellness resources
employee assistance programs
savings plan options (401K)
financial education and planning tools
life insurance
tuition reimbursement
employee discounts
early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

System Engineeringrequirement decompositionSoftware Requirement SpecificationsHuman Machine Interfacesoftware development lifecycleSoftware Criticality AnalysisUnified Modeling LanguageCommon Object Sequence DiagramsPropulsion Plant Monitoring & Controlprogramming techniques

Soft Skills

verbal communicationtechnical writingorganizational skillsattention to detailcritical thinkinglogical thinkingdata analytical skillsproblem solving