Reentry Systems Software Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

8d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Software Engineer to help us analyze, develop and prototype next generation reentry systems, hypersonic vehicles, and enabling technologies. As a member of our team, you’ll be making critical contributions to system level objectives and advance the development of these next generation systems. You will be joining a collaborative team who are passionate about innovation, committed to providing engaging challenging work, and promoting personal development.

Requirements

Have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field
Have experience working with or developing modeling and simulation tools using numerical methods
Have experience with C, C++, and/or other high performance scientific languages
Have experience with software design and architecting, including designing library APIs and writing memory and CPU efficient code
Are able to obtain a Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Have a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field
Have 5+ years of relevant software development experience in modeling and simulation tools
Have experience with HPC or GPGPU programming
Have experience binding lower-level languages (C/C++) to higher level languages (MATLAB/Python)

Responsibilities

Develop and enhance the modeling and simulation software we use to analyze a variety of ballistic missiles, hypersonic vehicles, and reentry systems
Help optimize software to take full advantage of modern hardware and modern programming language features
Own and maintain various software that model complex flight systems
Produce analyses and presentations to communicate findings to team members, external organization partners, and government sponsors