Senior Software Engineer

STR

$134K — $184K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of experience
  • 3+ years of experience programming in C++ or Java
  • Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and concurrency
  • Proven leadership in Agile development within engineering teams
  • Experience with industry best practices like code review and unit testing
  • Background in system/software architecture design

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and implement advanced algorithms for autonomous platforms
  • Lead technical mentoring and provide leadership throughout software lifecycle
  • Create software tools and applications for mission planning and automated control
  • Integrate and test autonomy algorithms and software
  • Work collaboratively with internal leaders and external customers
  • Conduct code reviews and ensure high-quality software development
  • Adopt and implement industry best practices for software maturity

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work environment
  • Collaborative learning atmosphere
  • Opportunities for technical growth and development
  • Support for work-life balance
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology in defense and national security
Full Job Description
The Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms. You will provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Your work will develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This position is based in Woburn, MA, Arlington, VA, or Dayton, OH, and will take advantage of STR's flexible, hybrid environment - when the work does not require use of STR's facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.

Who You Are:
  • U.S. Citizen with ability to get a security clearance
  • BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 5+ years of experience
  • 3+ years of experience with C++ or Java
  • Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization of backend executables (front end experience is a lesser focus)
  • Proven ability to develop, implement, integrate, and test autonomy algorithms and software
  • Proven ability to proactively assume leadership within modest size engineering teams (2-4 engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance
  • Demonstrated success executing industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products
  • Experience in supporting system/software architecture design at the system and system of systems (SoS) levels
  • Comfortable working both with internal leadership and external customers in the development and execution of software product plans
  • Experience utilizing the following:
  • Object-Oriented Programming principles for large scale systems
  • Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab, static analysis, etc
  • Test-driven development methodologies
  • A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies

Even Better:
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
  • Experience with the following:
  • Collection Orchestration
  • Satellite Constellation Management
  • Containerization and service based architectures
  • Coordinating Electronic Warfare resources
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Agentic AI
  • Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
  • Multi-agent coordination of UxVs
  • MAVLINK or other C2 protocols
  • ROS
  • TAK
  • DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains
  • Constraint satisfaction algorithms
  • Knowledge representation/ontologies
  • Python
  • Active Security Clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $134,000 - $184,000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

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