Description:
This is a very exciting opportunity to work with one of the world's largest aerospace companies!
The contracts are regularly extended and direct opportunities are often available.
Title: Software Performance Engineer
Location: Houston, TX or Littleton, CO or possible remote opportunity
Duration: 6 Months+ (open-ended or possible conversion based on merit and business need)
Looking for Software Performance Engineers in location of Houston, TX or Littleton, CO area with virtual possibilities for the right fit.
No clearance required
Focus is for Performance Engineering NOT developers - all levels
This position is responsible for coding, testing and analyzing software updates implemented to improve the performance of multiple applications within a large software enterprise. This position also involves developing tools and metrics to monitor the software enterprise performance.
This position requires an individual with a C++ programming background, analytical abilities, large scale system design, communication, and multitasking skills to work in a collaborative environment towards resolving complex problems.
Job Duties / Essential Functions:
Develop an understanding of both infrastructure and enterprise technical architecture of systems under test with the ability to identify performance issues.
Analyze the CPU Utilization, Memory usage, stack usage, thread usage, load balancing, session management and connection pooling to verify and tune the performance of applications.
Identify, communicate and track performance issues to closure working in close collaboration with development team including analysts and developers.
Code C++ application updates to achieve application and enterprise performance improvements.
Write and review performance test reports covering the results of testing activities and communicate test results and metrics to stakeholders.
Contribute to development and maintenance of a performance improvement roadmap identifying future enterprise performance improvements.
Establish and champion performance standards, procedures, and processes by staying abreast of the latest industry trends
Design, create and maintain system load profiles (workload characterizations), including mathematical models used to predict system performance under stress.
Generate performance graphs using tools like Callgrind and others.
Work closely with development teams on the design and implementation of enhancements based on the tuning recommendations.
Frequent interaction with the Chief Software Architect and the Chief Software Engineer to align communicate analysis results and align problem analysis and error correction activities.
Required Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or equivalent, or a combination of college education and relevant experience equivalent of 4 years, or equivalent industry experience.
Software development experience with C/C++ in embedded real-time environments.
Desired Experience:
Experience with algorithms, caching, code/text reorganization optimization
Experience with Green Hills Integrity Real-Time O/S, VxWorks, RTEMs, Linux PREEMPT_RT, and other real-time O/S.
Experience with PowerPC assembly and optimization
Experience with Profiling tools such as callgrind.
Experience with the Design and develop of tools and measures to optimize application and enterprise performance.
Correlation and prediction of performance on flight targets using ML frameworks
6 month contract with opportunity for full-time employment for the right fit
The Structures Company is a national staffing firm specializing in contract, contract to hire and direct hire placement opportunities. Our clients rely on us to support their engineering, IT, Production, Maintenance & Repair and support staff. Our niche recruiting team is one of our biggest strengths and is the main reason we are a top provider of talented professionals to the majority of our clients. They will help you identify the opportunity that best fits your interests, while also providing industry leading customer service.
We support the majority of Aerospace OEM's and Tier 1 Suppliers across the United States.
We have a national medical, dental and vision plan with United Healthcare and we also have a 401K offering. In some states and on some openings there is bonus potential, sick pay and holiday pay for those who qualify.
The Structures Company LLC is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer (or AA/ EOE)
The Structures Company is a national staffing firm specializing in contract, contract to hire, and direct hire placement opportunities. Our clients rely on us to support their engineering, IT, Production, Maintenance & Repair, and support staff. Our niche recruiting team is one of our biggest strengths and is why we are a top provider of talented professionals to the majority of our clients. They will help you identify the opportunity that best fits your interests while also providing industry-leading customer service. We support the majority of aerospace OEM's and tier 1 suppliers across the United States. The Structures Company LLC is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer (or AA/ EOE)
