Senior Radar Systems Software Developer/Engineer

ASRC Federal•Colorado Springs, CO

2d•$100,335 - $170,537•Onsite

About The Position

ASRC Federal System Solutions, LLC (AFSS), a subsidiary of ASRC Federal, is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC2) Program in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The role supports software development, integration, testing, and Mission Transfer capabilities for an advanced ground-based radar system supporting the Department of Defense's Space Domain Awareness mission. The selected candidate will develop, modify, integrate, test, and troubleshoot mission software used to detect, track, and characterize space objects. A primary focus is Mission Transfer: the coordinated handoff of responsibility for tracking a space object from one DARC radar site to another while maintaining mission and track continuity across the distributed radar architecture. The developer will work with software, radar, systems engineering, integration, test, cybersecurity, and operations teams on multi-site radar operations, track-data exchange, sensor coordination, and continuity of tracking between geographically separated sites. The role requires substantial C++ experience as well as Python and Java development skills, experience with complex and distributed software systems, and the ability to work in Linux/RHEL environments. The position is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and may require travel of up to 25%. An active U.S. Government Secret clearance is required, with the ability to maintain it and obtain any additional program-specific accesses.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another STEM discipline and at least 8 years of related experience; or a master's degree and at least 6 years of related experience.
Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance and ability to maintain the required clearance.
Significant professional software development experience using C++.
Software development experience using Python and Java.
Experience designing, developing, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting software for complex systems.
Strong understanding of object-oriented software design, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
Experience developing and troubleshooting software in Linux/Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
Experience developing or integrating distributed software systems and system-to-system interfaces.
Experience analyzing software architectures, interfaces, requirements, messaging, and system data flows.
Experience with software configuration management, source/version control, build processes, and controlled software releases.
Experience with software debugging, performance analysis, integration testing, and root-cause analysis.
Experience using modern software development and collaboration tools such as Git, JIRA, Confluence, or equivalent.
Experience working in Agile software development environments.
Ability to understand and work with complex system requirements, software requirements, interface definitions, and technical documentation.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary software, systems, hardware, integration, test, and operations teams.
Ability to travel up to 25% as required.

Nice To Haves

Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.
Experience developing software for ground-based radar systems.
Experience developing software supporting radar tracking, track management, track correlation, or sensor data processing.
Working knowledge of radar fundamentals, including radar detection, tracking, measurement processing, and radar data products.
Experience with radar signal processing and Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
Experience with multi-sensor or geographically distributed sensor systems, including exchange and synchronization of track or mission data.
Experience developing software for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), space surveillance, missile warning, missile defense, or other advanced sensor systems.
Experience developing software for phased-array radar or other large-scale sensor systems.
Experience developing real-time or near-real-time distributed mission software.
Experience with networked applications, inter-process communications, messaging, data serialization, and system-to-system interfaces.
Experience with MATLAB for algorithm development, modeling, analysis, or test.
Experience with multithreaded and parallel software development.
Experience with CUDA, GPU acceleration, or other high-performance/parallel computing technologies.
Experience with containerized software environments using Docker or similar technologies.
Experience with microservices, service-oriented architectures, or distributed messaging technologies such as Kafka.
Experience with automated software testing, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, and modern software development environments.
Experience integrating software with radar hardware, RF systems, sensors, communications systems, or external mission systems.
Experience supporting software integration, test, verification, and troubleshooting at operational or fielded sites.
Experience supporting Department of Defense or U.S. Space Force software development and integration programs.
Security+ or equivalent DoD 8140 certification.
Strong analytical and software problem-solving abilities.
Ability to quickly understand complex radar, tracking, and distributed software architectures.
Understanding of the relationship between software, radar measurements, track processing, communications, and overall mission performance.
Ability to troubleshoot complex problems across software, network, interface, sensor, and system boundaries.
Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary engineering and operational teams.
Effective verbal and written communication, including communicating complex technical issues clearly.
Self-motivation and ability to work independently while managing multiple technical priorities.
Comfort working in development, integration, test, and operational environments.
Commitment to software quality, disciplined engineering practices, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, and maintain software supporting DARC2 radar mission capabilities.
Develop software supporting Mission Transfer and continuity of space-object tracking between geographically separated DARC radar sites.
Develop and maintain mission software using C++, Python, and Java in a complex, distributed software environment.
Support software functions for radar tracking, track management, track-data processing, sensor coordination, and exchange of mission information between DARC sites.
Analyze software architectures, interfaces, algorithms, data structures, messaging, and system data flows for multi-site radar operations.
Develop and integrate software interfaces for reliable exchange of tracking and mission data between distributed systems.
Support continuity and integrity of mission and track information as tracking responsibility transitions between DARC radar sites.
Develop software for radar data processing, mission processing, system control, external interfaces, and related mission functions.
Troubleshoot software, system-interface, data-processing, synchronization, timing, communications, and performance issues.
Support software installation, configuration, deployment, integration, checkout, and verification in development, integration, test, and operational environments.
Collaborate with radar, systems, software, integration and test, cybersecurity, and operations personnel to resolve system-level technical issues.
Translate mission and system requirements into software requirements, designs, interfaces, algorithms, and executable capabilities.
Develop and execute unit, integration, regression, and system-level software tests, including multi-site mission scenarios and interfaces.
Participate in software design and code reviews, technical interchange meetings, integration events, and Mission Transfer development and verification activities.
Support software configuration management, version control, build processes, continuous integration, releases, and technical baseline management.
Develop and maintain software design and interface documentation, test procedures, problem reports, and other technical documentation.
Support Agile software development activities and continuous process improvement.
Perform other software engineering, integration, and mission support activities as assigned.
Travel up to 25% as required for integration and test, Mission Transfer verification, customer meetings, system installation, technical coordination, and field support.