Senior Software Engineer - Air Autonomy

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Support the experimentation, testing, and training of Tactical AI agents through the development of live, virtual, and constructive simulation solutions, balancing fidelity, scale, time, and cost
• Research and learn new modeling, simulation, and communication tools, including internal and customer-owned prototype software under active development
• Work with 3rd party vendors to incorporate proprietary models while respecting intellectual property boundaries
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership, fostering a culture of learning and using good coding practices, design patterns, and industry standards
• Software Development: Write, modify, test, and debug efficient code (C++ 2017+, Python 3.10+, and other languages as needed) for adapters, translators, and more complex interfaces
• System Architecture: Design robust LVC integrations that meets performance, scalability, and security requirements

Job requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in modeling & simulation, computer science, or software engineering
• Experience using simulation interoperability standards such as DIS, HLA, and DSEEP, as well as custom methods and technologies, to build LVC federations
• Knowledge of communication protocols and serialization mechanisms such as DDS, ZeroMQ, Kafka, Redis, and protobuf
• Experience configuring, integrating, extending, and using defense M&S tools such as AFSIM, NGTS, and flight simulators
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing performant modern C++ (2017+)
• Experience developing in Docker and containerized development environments, working in Linux-based operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu), and using development tools such as git, Visual Studio Code, GitLab, SonarQube,…
• Willing to travel for company business between our offices, as well as to customer sites (~25%)
• Must be a U.S. Citizen