Software Engineer I - III (4919) - UPDATED

at  Associated Universities Inc

POSITION SUMMARY

Would you like to write mission-critical software for one of the most famous and accomplished scientific instruments on the planet? Would you like to be part of a highly skilled team of software engineers and scientists pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe? Join the development team that created and maintains software for National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NRAO) telescopes. The NRAO develops and maintains software used by the astronomy community for proposing, planning, scheduling, and analyzing observations performed with these telescopes
NRAO is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Scientific Support and Archive (SSA) development team. The SSA team is responsible for some of the most visible user-facing software at the observatory, including the Proposal Submission Tool and the NRAO Science Archive.
The position will be based in Albuquerque, NM, Socorro, NM, Charlottesville, VA or Green Bank, WV. For well qualified candidates, a remote work arrangement, operating in the US/Mountain time zone, may be considered.
This position will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the next generations of tools critical to the Observatory, for both the current telescopes and the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). In addition, there are numerous opportunities for improving the existing tools, such as providing wizards for the creation of observations, providing more intuitive graphic displays, and making the tools generally more user friendly.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY

The ability to design, develop, modify, and support complex user-facing systems, interfacing with other systems and DBMS

The primary focus of this position will be on delivering a new toolset to help astronomers and other scientists work with radio astronomy observations more easily, thereby expanding the impact of our data. You will have the opportunity to apply your skills and technical knowledge to developing more modern and streamlined user experiences. You will also be responsible for designing and delivering key components of this toolset.
Additional duties of the SSA members include both the maintenance and necessary upgrades of the existing software as well as developing new products to meet the challenges posed by the new observing paradigms necessary for the Observatory to remain at the cutting edge of science and technology.