Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer

STR•Arlington, VA

1d•$173,000 - $216,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Autonomy Algorithms Lead 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 or Arlington, VA, 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.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 7+ years of experience
5+ years of experience with C++ or Java
Full stack development experience with a heavy focus on backend algorithmic development
Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization of backend executables
Proven ability to develop, implement, integrate, and test autonomy algorithms and software
Not interested in Front end UI/UX or database management/interaction
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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems.
Develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
Proactively lead and manage modest size engineering teams (5+ engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance.
Drive industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products.
Lead system/software architecture design.
Work with internal leadership and external customers in the development and execution of software product plans.
Work with research scientists to transition complex mathematical algorithmic concepts to software application.