Junior Software Engineer — Sensor & Defense Tech

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join the Sensor Modeling and Realtime Software Section. You will contribute to radar, electronic warfare, and communications technologies for ship, air, ground, and space applications.

You will participate in the full software life cycle across multiple teams, researching new programming techniques and collaborating with government and industry experts to advance sensing technologies.

Qualifications

• BS degree in CS/CE/EE/Math or related field.
• 3 years of software development/engineering experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to government/contractor sites.
• Ability to obtain Interim Secret clearance and final Secret clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in teams to architect and develop innovative applications including advanced signal processing, complex control software, user interfaces, and embedded applications.
• Work in a variety of teams to build new applications, algorithms, software, user-interfaces, etc.
• Participate in the full software life cycle; defining requirements, architecting processing flow, developing algorithms, integrating with experimental hardware, and testing.
• Research and experiment with new programming technologies and explore creative new applications for software technologies.
• Collaborate with experts across the field to research novel techniques and solve complex multi-disciplined challenges.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Software development

Communication skills

Education

BS in CS/CE/EE/Math

MS/PhD (advantage)

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join the Sensor Modeling and Realtime Software Section. You will contribute to radar, electronic warfare, and communications technologies for ship, air, ground, and space applications.

You will participate in the full software life cycle across multiple teams, researching new programming techniques and collaborating with government and industry experts to advance sensing technologies.