Senior Software Engineer

STR•Dayton, OH

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

STR’s Analytics & C2 Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate and motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to mature implementation in order to improve mission success. The Collaborative Autonomy and Control (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division works to build software systems that solve critical problems in the areas of uncrewed system autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, resource management, and control. By leveraging expertise in machine learning, algorithms, model-predictive control, and software development, we build tools that support tactical mission planning and execution, autonomous reasoning, and more. 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.

Requirements

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 Object-Oriented Programming principles for large scale systems
Experience utilizing Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab, static analysis, etc
Experience utilizing 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
Active Security Clearance

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 assume leadership within modest size engineering teams (2-4 engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance.
Execute industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products.
Support system/software architecture design at the system and system of systems (SoS) levels.
Develop and execute software product plans in collaboration with internal leadership and external customers.