Senior Data Engineer — C4ISR Navigation & Real-Time Data

Akira Technologies Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plans

Vision coverage

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Akira Technologies Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Development (OUSD-R&D) on advanced defense technology and mission initiatives.

The role requires 7+ years of data engineering experience, expertise with C4ISR/navigation data, onboard computing, and sensor systems, as well as the ability to design data collection, processing, and simulation capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data engineering experience.
• Experience collecting, managing, processing, and outputting navigation data from C4ISR sensor systems.
• Experience with onboard computing and sensor-stack data collection.
• Experience building data-processing environments in on-premises and cloud-based environments.
• Experience with real-time data processing, synchronization, and time-stamped data.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data collection architectures using onboard computing resources within the navigation sensor stack.
• Collect, manage, process, and output navigation data to and from C4ISR sensor systems.
• Develop and maintain data collection and processing environments across on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Post-process navigation data to create simulated navigation results for testing and mission applications.
• Develop data synchronization capabilities to produce time-stamped, real-time navigation inputs for aircraft, ground vehicles, and other devices.
• Work closely with the Solutions Architect and engineering teams to integrate sensor, computing, and data-processing capabilities.
• Ensure data pipelines and solutions meet applicable technical, security, and mission requirements.
• Support system integration, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and deployment.

Skills

Data engineering 7+ yrs

C4ISR data

Navigation data

Onboard computing

Real-time processing

Education

Bachelor's in Data Science, Engineering, CS

Job description

Akira Technologies Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Development (OUSD-R&D) on advanced defense technology and mission initiatives.

The role requires 7+ years of data engineering experience, expertise with C4ISR/navigation data, onboard computing, and sensor systems, as well as the ability to design data collection, processing, and simulation capabilities.