Project/Unit Description
GTRI's Operation Division, Dayton Field Site, in the Advanced Concepts Laboratory seeks qualified candidates for the position of Software Engineer.
This position involves using machine intelligence to support data analysis and operational decision-making.
Qualified candidates will have a robust work history with machine intelligence development, testing, and fielding.
The Advanced Concepts Laboratory develops tailored solutions for a broad range of national security challenges through disciplined application of physics- and effects-based modeling to realizable systems, augmented with prototype development and testing.
ACL's research thrusts extend across domains and include bio-, chemical-, RF-, and optical-sensor physics; materials science and engineering; electromagnetic theory, computation, structures, and measurements, electronic warfare techniques and applications; operational scenario modeling and simulation; traditional and asymmetric threat analysis; and ground maneuver warfare.
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, 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
Apply expertise in computing systems to define requirements and develop software designs recognizing limitations of target hardware platforms
Develop and maintain kernel and user-level software and scripts
Create and analyze network protocols
Additional Responsibilities
A strong understanding of machine intelligence
The ability to lead software development efforts
Required Minimum Qualifications
BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field of study
Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI Clearance
Preferred Qualifications
Active TSI/SCI Clearance
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related filed of study
Candidates currently enrolled in an accredited degree program relevant to this position will be considered.
The candidate must have a graduation date of no later than December 2023
Extensive AI/ML experience
A desire to mentor researchers
Travel Requirements
<10% travel
Education and Length of Experience
This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement.
The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.
2.
1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook
5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics
3 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics
0 years of related experience with a Ph.
D.
in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics
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.
Benefits at GTRI
Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://hr.
gatech.
edu/benefits
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