Associate Software Engineer

VTG

$75K — $90K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field
  • Proficient in Python programming
  • Experience with RESTful/gRPC interfaces
  • Familiarity with Linux operating systems
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Demonstrated initiative and resourcefulness
  • Must pass a background check and hold or be eligible for a U.S. DoD Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain software interfaces as backend tools scale
  • Update software architecture for improved performance
  • Communicate interface requirements clearly with team members
  • Ensure compatibility of software with GPUs
  • Enhance the graphical user interface for better user experience
  • Adapt tools for additional systems and platforms
  • Support software modeling for submarine sonar arrays

Benefits

  • Work in a collaborative Kubernetes environment
  • Opportunities for innovation and resourcefulness
  • Engagement in cutting-edge submarine sonar technologies
  • Access to advanced performance tuning techniques
  • Support for professional development through hands-on experience
Full Job Description
Overview

VTG is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to work with our software for modeling acoustic beampatterns for submarine sonar arrays. The SW is primarily Python-based and is containerized and hosted in a Kubernetes environment. This role will involve developing and updating interfaces between front end and back end, updating the code architecture to scale up and enable more parallel instances, configuring the code to work with GPUs, and various other performance updates. Tasking may also include some GUI development and updating the tool to work on additional systems and platforms. This position will support our customer in Manassas, VA.

What will you do?

  • Develop and maintain interfaces as the backend tool scales and evolves
  • SW performance and architecture updates
  • Communicate requirements and interface definitions clearly with cross-company partners

Do you have what it takes?

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or similar
  • Proficient with Python
  • Proficient with RESTful/gRPC
  • Experience with Linux systems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Initiative, innovation, and resourcefulness
  • Successful completion of background check
  • Must be a US Citizen with current DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance


Desired Qualifications/Skills/Abilities:
  • One+ years relevant specifically experience with SQL or NoSQL
  • Knowledgeable with modern PaaS environment tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, KVM, and Helm
  • Experience with CuPy or Numba for writing GPU kernels in Python
  • Experience with Python's multiprocessing library
  • Experience with shell scripting languages

VTG's estimated starting pay range is $75,000-$90,000 which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.

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