Software Engineer (Mid-Level)

KBR

About The Position

KBR is seeking a Software Engineer to support KBR’s TOWR-S group under the Science and Space division. In this role, you will develop, integrate and deploy software for processing, distribution, visualization and monitoring of observations collected from satellite and other remote sensing platforms. The general theme of projects you will be involved in is mission systems development for the United States operational weather enterprise.

Requirements

Preferred Master’s degree in the field of Computer Science and 3+ years of relevant experience
Fluent Python programming skills, including demonstrated ability to write object-oriented code, and work with data processing modules such as numpy and scipy
Fluent as a developer in the Redhat/Centos Linux OS, including functional knowledge of standard bash command set, and use of the vi editor.
Working knowledge of software revision control and specific experience with git
Experience performing cloud-based (AWS) deployment of major software builds
Specific experience with development, testing and integration of visualization tools which exploit observations from NOAA operational meteorological satellites such as GOES-R and JPSS

Nice To Haves

Experience with rapid development in modern cloud environments
Scientific Visualization using javascript, and packages such as d3.js
Processing of remote sensing observations for feature extraction and estimation
Data sciences, including exploratory data analysis and visualization and techniques for identifying trends in large data sets
Experience with training and customizing AI/ML models

Responsibilities

Research and conduct software development and deployment individually and as part of a team
Comfortable in a highly collaborative setting
Assist with project planning and execution
Prepare outreach presentations and training