Software Engineer

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems.

All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Position Overview

Riverside Research’s Applied Mathematics and Physics Solutions group is seeking a Software Engineer or Computational Scientist to support development of computational electromagnetics (CEM) codes. The candidate will implement and test new techniques that advance the state-of-the-art in defense industry CEM tools. Work will be performed in collaboration with a diverse team, with backgrounds in CEM, physics, computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and high-performance computing (HPC) at our facilities in Ohio (Dayton), New York (NYC), and Illinois (Champaign). This position will include mixed work on contracts and independent research and development (IRAD).

Responsibilities

• Assists in developing state-of-the-art computational electromagnetics (CEM) software and tools
• Aides in design, development, documentation, testing (validation and verification) and debugging software
• Supports code development activities such as documenting requirements, developing test plans, and performing software validation and verification activities
• Collects and evaluates test data, prepares technical reports, recommends methods and procedures required to meet design objectives on new or improved products and/or processes
• Applies new methods, algorithms, or processes, and evaluates and communicates conclusions
• Assists in establishing and maintaining standards and best practices for software development
• Evaluates new industry standards and best practices for suitable adoption
• Becomes a subject matter expert in computational methods, software engineering, applied mathematics/physics, and/or modeling and simulation
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance
• Education and Experience:
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computational Science or closely related field with software development experience
• Bachelor's with 3+ years of experience, or
• Master's with 0+ years of experience
• Relevant years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years programing experience with languages like C, C++ and/or Fortran
• Familiarity with software development for Linux or other Unix-like systems
• Familiarity with Python
• Familiarity with version control software applications
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, written and verbal
• Willingness to learn and perform other duties as assigned
• Ability to travel (less than 10%)
  

Desired Qualifications

• Active Security Clearance, TS
• Experience working collaboratively on software development
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with parallel programming on high-performance computers (MPI and/or OpenMP)
• Experience writing automated unit and/or integration tests
• Experience developing cross-platform (Windows and Linux) software
• Familiarity with Unix shell scripting and similar languages
• Additional STEM degree in physics, electrical engineering, or applied mathematics or experience developing software for scientific applications
• Familiarity with linear algebra and numerical solutions techniques or numerical algorithms
  
  

Global Comp

$100,000 - $130,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.

Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.