Software Engineer – Entry Level

Our Why

At Collier Aerospace, our mission is to help our customers reach their unique structural analysis and design goals with more accurate results in less time. We are a team of passionate employees who want to contribute to each customer's goal in the best way possible across space launch, reusable rocket, commercial airframe, business jet, eVTOL, bike frame, and speed boat applications. We accomplish this with our leading software, HyperX, through software development and engineering support. As you join our team, you join our company mission and become an integral partner in increasing efficiency and innovation throughout the world.

Our Culture

We foster a highly supportive and collaborative environment where our meetings are a mix of brainstorming, analysis, and humor. When you’re stuck, our employees are always eager to lend a helping hand. We offer a relaxed and casual dress code to promote a comfortable atmosphere. Our passion and drive fuel us as we strive to make a lasting impact on our company, customers, and industry.

Collier Aerospace is seeking motivated and eager early-career professionals to join our company. As a software engineer on our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining our commercial and internal software products, working on exciting projects that range from full stack desktop application development, to machine learning and AI, advanced structural analysis, and more. Join passionate coworkers, and make your mark as we continue to grow in the software and aerospace industry!

Required Qualifications

Candidates should have a computer science or software engineering background and an interest in aerospace equipping them to succeed in our company through developing our software, HyperX®: a Windows .NET desktop application, written in C# and used by companies all over the world to do amazing things.

Candidates should have many of the following capabilities and related work experience:

• US citizen (required)
• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following disciplines;
• • Computer science,
  • Software engineering,
  • Or a related field
• Hard skills:
• • C# (or similar object-oriented languages, e.g. Java)
  • Git
  • Windows desktop application development
  • Ability to learn new software applications and processes
  • Nonessential, but helpful skills:
  • • Postgres / SQLite
    • Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
    • Python
• Soft Skills:
• • Strong communication skills and ability to understand project requirements, learn from more senior developers, and iterate with QA and users to complete work to specification
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong problem-solving ability

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop new features and enhance existing functionality of our software, HyperX®, using C#
• Projects that may interact with all aspects of HyperX, including WPF interface, 3D graphics, web development, database, and everything in between
• Collaborate with other software engineers and structural engineers (users)
• Create unit and integration tests for new capabilities to verify accuracy and ensure quality design

Why Collier Aerospace?

• Jump-start your career with opportunities to learn from and work closely with other leading software developers
• Gain exposure to real-world aircraft and spacecraft designs across commercial, defense, and space sectors
• Small company – provides opportunity for involvement in many aspects of the business and gain many new hard and soft skills
• Casual work environment