Software Developer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory•Lexington, MA

7d•$116,400 - $182,200

About The Position

The Transportation Safety and Resilience Group develops integrated sensing and decision support systems that enable a safe and resilient global transportation system. We specialize in systems analysis, prototyping, system architectures, and algorithm development to support supply chain resilience, improving safety in the current airspace and the introduction of new and more autonomous vehicles into the existing transportation system. A current focus area of our work is the safe and efficient introduction of Advanced Air Mobility vehicles and other new entrants into the National Airspace System. The systems we work on help prevent aircraft accidents in the existing airspace and are extensible to a more autonomous future airspace. We are also focused on improving the resilience and effectiveness of the Department of War supply chain. With technical expertise in real-time software architecture, systems analysis, advanced supercomputing-enabled modeling and simulation, machine learning, and system integration, our research teams take new ideas for solving problems and develop them into working prototypes. We are currently working on detect-and-avoid systems for both crewed and uncrewed aircraft systems, safety systems to prevent runway incursions, and decision support systems.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline; in lieu of a master’s degree, a bachelor’s degree with 3 to 5 years of experience
Strong proficiency in software development in C/C++
Proficiency with software build management with make/cmake
Proficiency with high-level prototyping software languages (Matlab, Python, and Julia)
Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and delivery processes
Familiarity with Docker/containerization
Familiarity with document preparation using LaTeX
Deep understanding of software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Good interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with a team
U.S. citizenship is required.
Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Aviation and/or general transportation system domain knowledge
AI/ML or data science
Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and SQL
Experience with JavaScript/Typescript, web frameworks or app development (e.g, Kotlin)

Responsibilities

Architecture, design, and development of software for next-generation transportation and logistics decision support systems and/or the analysis of those systems.
Participate in a product development team and support multiple aspects of the project, potentially including user interface design and full stack development, and documenting software.
Close collaboration with subject-matter experts and system analysts.
May also entail embedded software development.