RESEARCH COMPUTER SCIENTIST - RESEARCH ENGINEER - SR. COMPUTER SCIENTIST - Full Stack Software De... at Southwest Research Institute

Who We Are:

Join the Defense and Intelligence Solutions as a Research Computer Scientist. You will be challenged in developing complex and innovative software solutions across a variety of customers and platform types. Enjoy a flexible work schedule, excellent benefits, and working alongside great teammates.

Objectives of this Role:

• Highly motivated, curious, detailed oriented, and passionate critical thinker to add to a dynamic team of Software Architects, other Computer Scientists and Engineers.
• Contribute to and lead a team through all aspects of the Software Life Cycle using Agile Methodologies, to include but not limited to requirements interpretation, design, trade studies, development, task estimation, testing, task tracking and status, and deployment.
• Support design and development for new technical solutions and frameworks for thin client, server side development, object oriented programming, embedded programming and database patterns and implementation.
• Support the technical leads in work breakdowns of larger tasks, effectively be able to estimate individual tasking and assist in estimations for junior staff.
• Assist and lead small teams planning and task tracking.
• Be a proactive and self directed technical contributor that is capable of mentoring and effectively communicating, both verbally and in writing, task updates, technical solutions, questions, and technical documentation, including interactions with the client.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Contributing to the design and development of an advanced software architecture that will utilize object oriented and embedded programming fundamentals, distributing computing, thin clients, and data distribution systems.
• Actively contribute and eventually lead all phases of the project life cycle: developing technical requirements, designing and developing innovative solutions to difficult problems, testing and integration with a larger system, and installing and documenting complete solutions.
• Interacting with team members, working with the team and customer to understand requirements and constraints of the target environment.
• Assisting with the breakdown of larger tasks and developing estimations of individual and team tasks.
• Activities will include work primarily at SwRI facilities/laboratories and short-term travel to government client facilities in the U.S. and overseas for meetings, system installations and support.
• Proactively and confidently communicating on task status, communicating with team leads and project leadership, and mentoring junior staff.
• Must be effective in self-direction on tasks as well as working within a team.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with an emphasis on programming and software development or related field such as Computational Engineering.
• 4+ years: Critical thinking and proactiveness required. Experience in a variety of programming languages such as Javascript, JAVA, C#, C++, HTML5, and Python, as well as comfortable in Agile methodologies for project execution.
• Be able to analyze and translate complex technical requirements into an application design, implementation, unit and integration testing; software/hardware integration & documentation.
• Experienced and proficient in working with Microsoft Tools, Software Repositories, Software Engineering practices, Distributed computing, and Computer Science principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, detailed oriented, proactiveness, fast learner, work in a collaborative team environment, and the ability to self direct.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.