We are seeking Software Engineers to join our growing team. This position is responsible for bringing software engineering expertise to assist in accelerating and improving systems engineering and modeling and simulation capabilities at NASA Headquarters and other NASA centers. An enthusiasm for space science and exploration is preferred.
The core responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Design and development of custom tools to support customer needs including back-end analytical processing and front-end GUI development.
- Database development and maintenance.
- Documenting architecture and design.
The selected candidate will have the opportunity to take ownership of development projects—with significant input into the choice of technologies used for said projects—and will both collaborate with other software developers as well as support engineers with modeling, and analysis software.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
Years of Experience: 5-10 minimum.
Work Authorization: Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
Role / Work Schedule:
Full-time, on-site work.
Preferred Skills
- Self-starter and creative problem solver with the ability to meet strict deadlines.
- Able to quickly and independently learn new programming languages, libraries, and frameworks.
- Familiar with full-stack web development.
- React, Typescript, and Node experience is a plus.
- Familiar with code optimization techniques, including parallelization.
- Experience with Machine Learning and AI techniques is a plus.
- Confident with Git for collaborative version control.
- Comfortable with Unix-like development environments.
- Experience with Atlassian product suite preferred.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to details.
- Excellent verbal and written skills, including articulating and presenting technical topics in a clear and concise manner to peers as well as executive level customer audiences.
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