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About the Team
STR’s Analytics Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate, motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to mature implementation in order to improve mission success of our customers.
The Collaborative Autonomy and Controls (CAC) Group in the Analytics Division is focused on collaborative autonomy for multi-agent reconnaissance systems operating in multiple domains. By leveraging expertise with machine learning, advanced algorithms, and software development best practices, we build tools that can make a difference in mission planning, autonomous systems reasoning, tracking of illicit activities, and more.
The Role:
Work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems. Provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Provide overall software product ownership and quality assurance for an end program software solution or group software product line. Work on a diverse set of applications, including software for distributed mission planning and autonomous reasoning for both manned and unmanned platforms. Conduct software design and code reviews as part of an agile development process.
This position is based in Woburn, MA, but will take advantage of STR’s flexible, hybrid environment – when the work does not require use of STR’s facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.
Who You Are:
- Ability to obtain a security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government
- BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 7+ years’ experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Java or C++
- Experience designing, building, testing, debugging, and maintaining a large code base
- Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
- Proven ability to lead and manage moderate size engineering teams (10-20 engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance
- Demonstrated success driving industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products
- Experience in leading system/software architecture design
- Comfortable working both with internal leadership and external customers in the development and execution of software product plans
- Experience utilizing the following:
- Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA and Sonarqube
- Test-driven development methodologies
- Object-Oriented Programming principles
- A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies
Even Better:
- MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
- Domain experience in collaborative, distributed autonomy software systems for unmanned vehicles
- Experience in one or more of the following: motion planning, perception, localization, mapping, controls, and related system performance metrics.
- Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
- Experience with any of the following:
- Multi-agent coordination of UxVs
- MAVLINK or other C2 protocols
- ROS
- DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains
- Integration of complex software systems
- Constraint optimization algorithms
- Knowledge representation/ontologies
- Python
- Active Security Clearance
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
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