Mid-Level Engineer

Description

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), Algorithms, Modeling, and Assessments Division (AMA) in Raleigh, NC is seeking a staff engineer/scientist for a position developing and improving a weapon effects software architecture for advanced physics-based software development and making quality production software at all stages of the software lifecycle.

What you'll do as a Mid-Level Engineer:

• Support the development of our system, including:

• Integration of M&S physics-based weapon effects software models into an established Java framework.

• Data processing including post-processing and documentation of model results.

• Verification and validation.

• Working with Agile teams.

• Working directly with our customers, other contractors, and other ARA teams to cross-integrate capabilities.

• Working on data visualization and verification, including writing reports; This may include visualization of data.

• Candidate will need to be able to understand the effects being modeled and validated.

• Candidate will need to be able to execute simulations and document results.

Due to the work, you'll perform, you must be a US citizen and eligible to apply for and hold a US security clearance (selected applicants will undergo a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements at the time of employment)

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree with 3-5 years of related work experience (Preferably PhD with 0-2 years of work experience) in Engineering (Mechanical, Civil), Physics, or similar - but not computer science / programming.

• US citizenship required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret DoD security clearance.

• No foreign nationals, no candidates who have had recent bankruptcies or debt in collections, no candidates with family, spouse, or spouses' family who are unwilling to partake in the security clearance process, etc.

• Primarily programming in Java.

• Some experience with Java required.

• Engineers in this role typically grow to lead teams and present to customers, but the candidate still must be able to handle the day-to-day work of integrating software and writing code.

• Experience working with, or developing, algorithms and physics-based models.

• Ability to communicate (oral, in writing, and in presentation form) is critical in this position.

• Candidate will need to be local to the Raleigh area.

• Candidate will need to be on-site initially through onboarding and is able to transition to more work from home with demonstrated high productivity, task understanding, and proficiency with the code base.

Preferred

• PhD with 0-2 years of experience.

• Someone with any knowledge of Fortran.

• Someone with any experience with developments tools like Git, Eclipse (or IntelliJ), Visual Studio, JIRA.

• Someone with any experience with compiling and developing for or on Linux OS.

• Most of the work can be done on Windows, but cannot escape eventually having to work with Linux.

Desired:

• Some C++ experience is highly desired but not required.

• Current active security clearance.

• Experience with related DoD software systems and models.

• Experience developing and deploying software to DoD IA requirements.

• Knowledge of nuclear weapons effects and a background of scientific programming.

• Experience with automated testing, both in your development workflow and through CI/CD.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Education

Required

• Masters or better in Engineering

Preferred

• Doctor of Philosophy or better in Engineering

Experience

Required

• 3-5 years: Master's Degree with related work experience.

Preferred

• 0-2 years: PhD with related work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)