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Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer Software

woburn, MA

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Job description

Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer

Lead the architecture and delivery of autonomous algorithms for unmanned platforms.

Location: Woburn, Massachusetts

Compensation: $173,000 - 216,000 USD / year

About The Role

Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer

Woburn, MA

About The Team

STR's Analytics & C2 Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate and 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.

The Collaborative Autonomy and Control (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division works to build software systems that solve critical problems in the areas of uncrewed system autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, resource management, and control. By leveraging expertise in machine learning, algorithms, model-predictive control, and software development, we build tools that support tactical mission planning and execution, autonomous reasoning, and more.

The Role

As an Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer, you will work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms. You will provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Your work will develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This position is based in Woburn, MA or Arlington, VA, and 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

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government

BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 7+ years of experience

5+ years of experience with C++ or Java

Full stack development experience with a heavy focus on backend algorithmic development

Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization of backend executables

Proven ability to develop, implement, integrate, and test autonomy algorithms and software

Not interested in Front end UI/UX or database management/interaction

Proven ability to work with research scientists to transition complex mathematical algorithmic concepts to software application

Proven ability to proactively lead and manage modest size engineering teams (5+ 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:

Object-Oriented Programming principles for large scale systems

Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab, static analysis, etc

Test-driven development methodologies

A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies

Even Better

MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field

Experience with the following:

Collection Orchestration

Satellite Constellation Management

Containerization and service-based architectures

Coordinating Electronic Warfare resources

Reinforcement learning

Agentic AI

Programming for embedded and physical devices

Multi-agent coordination of UxVs

MAVLINK or other C2 protocols

ROS

TAK

DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains

Constraint satisfaction algorithms

Knowledge representation/ontologies

Python

Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $173,000 - $216,000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.

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Worksite address

woburn, MA, 01813, US

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