COMPUTER SCIENTIST - RESEARCH COMPUTER SCIENTIST - NEXT GEN SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

Who We Are:

Join the Defense and Intelligence Solutions Division as a Computer Scientist where you will be challenged in developing next generation signal intelligence systems that spans customer field sites, as well as Air, Land, and Sea Platforms.

Objectives of this Role:

• As a Computer Scientist, you will work on challenging new technical problems in collaborative team environments with Computer Scientists and Engineers.
• Work with tactical & strategic signal processing and exploitation, across ground, air, and sea platforms.
• Adding a highly motivated and proactive Computer Scientist to a dynamic team developing next generation solutions, gaining experience, and building up programming and design skills.
• Assisting the development manager and project team with all aspects of software design and coding, to include attending and contributing to development team meetings, testing, documentation, and collaborating with other developers to create applications.
• Develop expertise working with database patterns, and thin client development for both client and server side, object-oriented designs, and visualization and presentation of large amounts of complex data sources.
• Be capable of effectively communicating, both verbally and in writing, technical solutions, questions, and documenting test outcomes and analysis of alternatives.
• Follow guidance from leadership and learn new software and technologies quickly.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Work within an agile or waterfall methodologies to develop advanced software solutions, interacting with team members, working with the team to understand requirements, designs, and task opportunities and constraints.
• Attend and eventually contributing to technical and design meetings with both the project team and the customer.
• Learn the codebases, writing, debugging, and testing code, monitoring technical performance, responding to requests from the technical team.
• Proactively communication with teammates and providing updates on tasking. Contributing to technical documentation as needed.
• Activities include working at SwRI laboratories and short-term travel to government facilities, military bases, other customer facilities, both in U.S. and overseas, for system installations and to provide technical support.
• May also prepare technical documents.
• For more information on our innovative project work, visit https://www.swri.org/technical-divisions/defense-intelligence-solutions.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors or a Masters with a 3.00 GPA in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field such as computational engineering
• 0-3 years of experience with basic knowledge of software development techniques, databases, user interfaces, software repositories, and software development life cycles
• Must have the ability to follow instructions and work both independently on tasks and collaboratively with your team
• Current DoD security clearance is highly desired
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML5, and Python or similar
• Basic knowledge of operating systems, object-oriented programming and databases and frameworks or similar
• Excellent technical communications skills
• Ability to proactively learn new software and technologies quickly.
• Proficient in working with Linux and Windows Development Environments, Software Repositories, Software Engineering Practices, Fundamentals of Computer Science, and the Software Development Lifecycle
• A valid/clear driver's license is required