RESEARCH COMPUTER SCIENTIST - SR. COMPUTER SCIENTIST - Full Stack Software Developer 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:

• Adding a highly motivated, proactive, and detailed oriented Research Computer Scientist to a dynamic team of Software Architects, other Computer Scientists and Engineers that are designing, developing, and documenting next generation software solutions.
• 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, 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.
• Understand applied research solutions and contribute to designs that will support more robust scalability, sustainability, and availability to enable moving the solution from a research to an operational environment.
• Be 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.
• Proactively communicating on task status, communicating with team leads and project leadership, and mentoring junior staff.
• 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.
• We are seeking inspired individuals who are looking to join our team and build a career!
• For more information on our innovative project work, visit https://www.swri.org/technical-divisions/defense-intelligence-solutions .

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (emphasis on programming and software development) or related such as Computational Engineering.
• 4+ years: Experience in a variety of programming languages such as Javascript, JAVA, C#, C++, HTML5, and Python.
• 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.