Software Engineer with Security Clearance

NASK; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private offices

Profit-sharing retirement plan

Cafeteria plan

Casual work environment

Job summary

NASK Beavercreek, OH seeks a Software Engineer to design, develop, and integrate software for real-time signal processing in a SIGINT system. You will collaborate across software, electrical, and aerospace teams to advance encryption, wireless protocols, and data navigation features.

The role emphasizes efficient code, testing, and deployment on real-world systems, with a path toward broader signal processing capabilities and high-performance computing needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 5–10 years of professional experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++.
• Experience developing software in Linux environments.
• Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
• Experience with RF communications systems.
• Experience with object-oriented software design.
• Experience developing graphical user interfaces using PyQt or Qt.
• Familiarity with multi-threaded application development.
• Experience working with databases such as MySQL.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications supporting RF signal processing and wireless communication protocols.
• Develop real-time signal processing applications using Python and C++ in Linux environments.
• Build and enhance X-Midas applications, primitives, macros, and data processing tools.
• Design intuitive graphical user interfaces using PyQt for engineering and data analysis applications.
• Automate signal processing tool sets within a high-performance computing infrastructure.
• Develop multi-threaded applications for high-throughput data processing.
• Implement and improve signal detection, filtering, and frequency tuning capabilities.
• Design software that interfaces with relational databases including MySQL.
• Improve software performance through optimization and efficient algorithm development.
• Support testing, troubleshooting, and validation of hardware/software systems.
• Participate in the design and implementation of new signal processing capabilities.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

PyQt/Qt

Multithreading

MySQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

X-Midas

TensorFlow

Kubernetes

Nomad

Job description

Position: Software Engineer

Location: Beavercreek, OH Job Id: 604

# of Openings: 1 Software Engineer Location: Beavercreek, OH (Relocation assistance is available) Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Active Top Secret Clearance

More about your role: At NASK, we're solving challenging signal processing and intelligence problems that directly support national security missions. We're looking for a Software Engineer / Electrical Engineer who enjoys building high-performance software and developing real-time signal processing applications. You will design, develop and integrate software into an automated SIGINT processing system that is used by our government customer to analyze our adversaries’ technical capabilities in a variety of warfighting domains. You'll collaborate with engineers across software, electrical, and aerospace disciplines to develop next-generation signal processing and analysis capabilities. This role involves a dive into encryption/decryption technologies, wireless communication protocols and system navigation data. The candidate will work with a small team of other engineers to extract system engineering data from a variety of platforms and systems that enables our customer to maintain a complete picture of up-and-coming technologies and capabilities. This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys writing efficient code, solving difficult technical problems, and seeing their software operate on real-world systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications supporting RF signal processing and wireless communication protocols.
• Develop real-time signal processing applications using Python and C++ in Linux environments.
• Build and enhance X-Midas applications, primitives, macros, and data processing tools.
• Design intuitive graphical user interfaces using PyQt for engineering and data analysis applications.
• Automate signal processing tool sets within a high-performance computing infrastructure.
• Develop multi-threaded applications for high-throughput data processing.
• Implement and improve signal detection, filtering, and frequency tuning capabilities.
• Design software that interfaces with relational databases including MySQL.
• Improve software performance through optimization and efficient algorithm development.
• Support testing, troubleshooting, and validation of hardware/software systems.
• Participate in the design and implementation of new signal processing capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 5-10 years of professional experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++.
• Experience developing software in Linux environments.
• Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
• Experience with RF communications systems.
• Experience with object-oriented software design.
• Experience developing graphical user interfaces using PyQt or Qt.
• Familiarity with multi-threaded application development.
• Experience working with databases such as MySQL.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with X-Midas development.
• Experience developing real-time data processing applications.
• Familiarity with encryption/decryption technologies.
• Experience optimizing software performance.
• Experience with TensorFlow or machine learning applications.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Nomad or other process orchestration architectures.
• Up to date polygraph examination

Who we are

Our people are the core of who we are and what we do. NASK has two decades of experience delivering innovative solutions to the tough technical challenges facing our partners in the Intelligence and Defense communities. Our subject matter experts collaborate with junior developers and analysts, bringing fresh approaches to solve the toughest mission problems.

Benefits

At NASK, our employees are the backbone of our company, so we provide unsurpassed benefits and work-life balance. Employees are provided with individual offices and collaboration spaces to foster individual and team success. We have a casual yet professional work environment - Employees work hard, and NASK offers a competitive benefits package that equates to 50% on top of your annual base salary. This is split between a tax-qualified profit-sharing retirement plan that NASK contributes to (up to allowable IRS limits) and a cafeteria plan for benefits. For a comprehensive overview of our benefits, visit the benefits tab under our careers page: https://nask.world/company/careers/

Compensation

NASK Incorporated considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the role and responsibilities, work experience, education, training, certifications, geographic location, and market data. These are general guidelines and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Please be aware that many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.

EEO Statement

NASK provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfers, leaves of absence, as well as compensation and training.