High-Performance Scientific Programmer & Software Engineer

Riverside Research; Fair Lakes (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Research in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Scientific Programmer/Software Engineer to advance high-performance computational electromagnetic tools. You will join a multidisciplinary team developing large-scale scientific simulations for national security applications.

Responsibilities cover the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and design to testing, documentation, and verification.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computational Science or closely related field with software development experience.
• Bachelor's with 3+ years of experience, or Master's with 0+ years of experience.
• Familiarity with Python, Unix shell scripting and similar languages.
• Familiarity with version control software applications.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to travel (less than 10%).

Responsibilities

• Supports all aspects of the software development lifecycle from requirements, design, development, documentation, testing (validation and verification) and debugging efficient scientific software applications.
• Maintains code quality by participating in peer reviews of software and helping develop unit tests, verification and validation test plans, and performing validation and verification.
• Applies new methods, algorithms, or processes, and evaluates and communicates conclusions.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining standards and best practices for software development.
• Evaluates new industry standards and best practices for suitable adoption.
• Develop expertise in computational methods, software engineering, high performance computing, applied mathematics/physics, and/or modeling and simulation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Python

Unix shell

Version control

Security clearance

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Software Engineering/Computational Science

Master's degree (optional)

Tools

MPI

OpenMP

C/C++

Fortran

Linux

Job description

Riverside Research in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Scientific Programmer/Software Engineer to advance high-performance computational electromagnetic tools. You will join a multidisciplinary team developing large-scale scientific simulations for national security applications.

Responsibilities cover the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and design to testing, documentation, and verification.