Scientific Software Developer (ABQ)

Stellar Science•Albuquerque, NM

About The Position

We hire smart Scientists and Software Engineers who love to create and maintain high quality, extensible code, and want to learn and adopt modern C++ practices. Support software development in the following domains: computer vision and image processing, image simulation, high power microwave systems modeling and simulation, laser source generation and effects modeling, atmospheric modeling, computational electromagnetics (CEM), space domain awareness (SDA), high performance computing (HPC), and computer aided design (CAD) tools, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques, among others.

Requirements

B.S. in math, science, engineering field, or computer science
Substantial software development experience
Object-oriented design and C++ programming experience
Adept at learning new paradigms and programming development processes
Interest in developing modern, high quality C++20/23 code
U.S. citizen, willing to undergo background investigation, and perform some work at government and/or customer sites

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in science, engineering field, math, or computer science
Active security clearance
Additional languages: Java, Python, TypeScript
Relevant libraries: Boost, Eigen
Cross-platform software development on Linux, Windows, Mac
3D graphics using OpenGL, Open Scene Graph and/or WebGL
User interface development with Qt, Java Swing, Material UI
Supercomputing: OpenMP, threads, MPI, GPUs
Image processing, imagery analysis, or computer vision, computer aided design (CAD)
Aerospace vehicles, orbital mechanics, electromagnetics, space domain awareness
Modeling and simulation, including directed energy
Machine learning and data analysis using Python (pandas, NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn), C++, and frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow
Reinforcement learning, large language model development, computer vision, data mining, and core ML techniques (classification, regression, clustering)
Experience with Advanced Framework for Simulation Integration & Modeling (AFSIM)