Senior Software Engineer

Overview

General Dynamics is the world’s foremost designer and builder of nuclear submarines. The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) group works to provide process automations that drive strategic value to assist in the design and construction of submarines.

The RPA team is comprised of highly motivated developers and implementation leads. The position is responsible for supporting development activities within the end to end RPA lifecycle.

In this role you will also:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to conduct current state process assessments and design future state solutions.
• Analyze and observe processes to understand process steps, interdependencies, and applications used to complete transactions. The automations span across the company and build capabilities which will support our goal of reducing program cost and prepare the company to face the challenges and opportunities of a modernized digital enterprise.
• You will grow your skills, work with cutting edge technologies and introduce new tools and techniques to the team.

Electric Boat offers Flexible Work Arrangements that allow some work to be performed remotely and at home. This varies from position to position based on the amount of classified material the department interacts with, as well as a few other variables. This specific position requires the ability to work remotely most days, and to report to EB facilities as work dictates.

Job Description

• Develops and executes the product roadmap for the IT Automation team
• Documents requirements in Process Design documents as well as develop user stories and acceptance criteria
• Partners with Business Owners and Stakeholders to understand the business strategy that the development will support and relay that to the development team in order to produce high quality products
• Schedules and leads meetings with the Business and documents outcomes and decisions of those meetings
• Defines and prioritizes product backlog and releases while communicating the value of the story to the scrum team
• Leads and coordinates UAT testing and acceptance with the Stakeholders while documenting and relaying any issues to the development teams
• Collaborates with multiple teams and stakeholders to set priorities, as well as communicate priorities and progress for the team
• Champions and supports the product development team by removing blockers, escalating issues, and offering product guidance
• Drives effective product releases by working with the stakeholders on production planning and execution
• Demonstrates ability to meet with Executive Leadership and produce presentation materials that showcase the Product Roadmap as well as accomplishments of the team

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree In Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent technical degree
• 4 years of software development experience (senior level)

Preferred:

• Product Owner certification
• 2 years of Team Lead or Product Owner experience
• 2 years of Agile product development experience, sprint planning and backlog refinement in Jira

Skills

• Ability to identify processes that are ideal for automation
• Creative problem-solving abilities
• Experience gathering and documenting requirements
• Initiative, self-starter, problem identification, resolution and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong critical thinking and the ability to apply knowledge within a complex environment
• Strong customer relationship management skills
• UiPath experience
• Experience with data manipulation tools (Power BI, Alteryx, Excel Macros)