Software Engineer - ASL - Open Rank

Georgia Tech Research Institute; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join their innovative team. This role focuses on designing and developing software for complex systems, particularly in the realm of autonomous technologies. You will lead software development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices in the software development lifecycle. Ideal candidates will be proficient in multiple programming languages, including C/C++ and Python, and have experience with CI/CD and DevOps methodologies. Join a collaborative environment where your expertise will contribute to groundbreaking research and development projects that support the U.S. Department of Defense and other sponsors.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in software development for complex systems.
• Proficient in C/C++, Python, and other programming languages.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software applications and products.
• Manage software development teams and provide technical leadership.
• Perform software debugging, modification, and documentation.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Java

JavaScript

Ruby

Scala

Groovy

Software Debugging

Software Development Lifecycle

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Linux GCC

Jira

Confluence

Git

VMs

Containers

Job description

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.

Project/Unit Description

The Applied Systems Laboratory (ASL) Autonomy Technology Transition Division (ATTD) conducts research supporting sponsors across the Department of Defense and focuses on autonomous uncrewed aircraft programs. Expertise includes autonomous systems, systems engineering, avionics engineering, embedded software development, test and evaluation, and hardware- and software-in-the-loop development and test environments and laboratories.

Job Purpose

The Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests software applications and products. Additionally, the Software Engineer manages software development teams, provides technical leadership, and establishes software development lifecycle practices and processes. The Software Engineer is proficient in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, Scala, and Groovy. In this role, the Software Engineer requires extensive knowledge of programming languages, software development, computer operating systems, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps, Application Programming Interface (API) development, container development, and distributed systems. The Software Engineer also applies engineering principles to software creation, manages production releases of software, performs code reviews, merges feature development branches, and analyzes and triages issues. The necessary skill areas for the Software Engineer include programming and coding, fundamentals of computer science, software design and architecture development, algorithms and data structures, information analysis, software debugging and testing, and working on development teams. The Software Engineer also works with sponsors to curate requirements, define sprint work items, set priorities for work backlogs, and organize development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform software development, debugging, modification, enhancement, and documentation.
• Design, test, and develop computer software in order to meet program requirements.
• Develop and maintain kernel and user-level software and scripts.
• Contribute to research reports, presentations, white papers, and competitive proposals.
• Create and analyze network protocols.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Experience developing software for complex systems using disciplined approaches and processes.
• Experience developing software in C/C++ languages.
• Experience developing software in bash, Python scripting languages.
• Experience developing software using Linux GCC compilers and related build and debugging tools.
• Experience developing software on Linux for Linux target systems.
• Experience developing multiprocessing software applications comprised of background cooperating Linux daemon processes that integrate and collaborate through the exchange of messages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience developing software for complex military systems using disciplined approaches and processes.
• Experience developing embedded software.
• Experience developing software for autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/UAV).
• Experience developing software for autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USV), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), unmanned under systems (UUV).
• Experience developing software for payloads on unmanned autonomous systems.
• Experience developing and integrating software interfaces to sensors systems (EW, EO, ATR, ML, etc.).
• Experience with development of secure and/or safety critical systems.
• Experience with avionics data buses (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS-422, etc.), tactical data links, military radios.
• Experience with military relevant open software standards and frameworks (MOSA software, FACE, OMS, VICTORY, etc.).
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Git.
• Experience with VMs, containers; SITL, HITL, simulation testing.
• Experience with DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD.
• Experience leading small to mid-sized technical teams.

Travel Requirements

• 10% - 25% travel.

Education and Length of Experience

• 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 0 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Computer Science.

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.