Software Engineer (Mid-Level) - SEAL - Open Rank (Hybrid)

at  Georgia Tech Research Institute

OVERVIEW:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI’s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.

PROJECT/UNIT DESCRIPTION

The Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL) of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
is seeking technical personnel to be part of an established software team that has multiple opportunities for
software engineers within the Software Engineering and Architecture Division (SEAD) at Smyrna, GA. The SEAD
group’s mission is to provide world-class software to be used in sensors, signal processing, electronic warfare,
tracking, and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR) systems deployed on land, air, and sea. Our
software team employs a modern software engineering process to design, code, integrate, and test capabilities
on a continuous basis resulting in a mature and quality solution for our customers. We strive for technical excellence by drawing upon a diverse workforce whose knowledge base covers the complete spectrum of modern computing languages and platforms.

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with C, C++ or Java
• Experience with Linux, UNIX or Windows
• Knowledgeable in version control software such as GIT

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Secret Clearance
• Knowledge of computer architectures including multi-core environments
• Familiarity with software applications requiring multi-threaded programming implementation
• Experience in software engineering and development
• Complex programs that involved hardware, software, communications and networking

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

<10% travel

EDUCATION AND LENGTH OF EXPERIENCE

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field of study.
• 3 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field of study.
• 0 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field of study.

U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

JOB PURPOSE

The Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests software applications and products. Additionally, the Software Engineer manages software development teams, provides technical leadership, and establishes software development lifecycle practices and processes. The Software Engineer is proficient in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, Scala, and Groovy. In this role, the Software Engineer requires extensive knowledge of programming languages, software development, computer operating systems, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps, Application Programming Interface (API) development, container development, and distributed systems. The Software Engineer also applies engineering principles to software creation, manages production releases of software, performs code reviews, merges feature development branches, and analyzes and triages issues. The necessary skill areas for the Software Engineer include programming and coding, fundamentals of computer science, software design and architecture development, algorithms and data structures, information analysis, software debugging and testing, and working on development teams. The Software Engineer also works with sponsors to curate requirements, define sprint work items, set priorities for work backlogs, and organize development teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform software development, debugging, modification, enhancement, and documentation
• Design, test, and develop computer software in order to meet program requirements
• Apply expertise in computing systems to define requirements and develop software designs recognizing limitations of target hardware platforms
• Develop and maintain kernel and user-level software and scripts
• Contribute to research reports, presentations, white papers, and competitive proposals
• Create and analyze network protocols

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Apply expertise in computing systems, and software structure to software planning, requirements, and development.
• Base software structure and design on the recognized limitations of the hardware platform.
• Develop and maintain kernel and user-level software and scripts -Create and analyze network protocols.