You are viewing a preview of this job. Log in or register to view more details about this job.

Staff Signal Software Engineer

If you want to accelerate your career growth and are passionate about applying your expertise to solve problems of national importance, then we have the job you are looking for! As a Signal Software Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for designing and developing system software critical to the success of our projects as well as national security. You will be able to achieve your personal and professional goals in a stable environment that emphasizes and rewards the entrepreneurial spirit. Not only will you solve challenging core problems, you’ll be able to grow your career in an exciting environment that promotes teamwork and cross-training in a wide range of related disciplines.

The Staff Signals Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances signal processing software (e.g. detectors, demodulators, protocol processors). Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

The successful candidate for this position will have a strong passion and background in making quality production software at all stages of the software lifecycle. You will be a key member of a team that is developing analytic tools and technologies to support real-world planning and intelligence operations for the Department of Defense. You will serve as an on-site member of the software team responsible for designing, developing, and deploying an analytic architecture and the applications that will run in this architecture.

Staff Signal Software Engineer Requirements:
    * Hold an active TS/SCI with Polygraph Security Clearance
    * BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a closely related field with 4 years of relevant work experience OR 8-10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree
    * Signal SW engineering experience should have a focus on Radio Frequency (RF) to include experience with Fourier transforms, filtering, communications theory, digital modulation, error control coding, signals analysis tools (e.g. WVT, DVT), and digital signal processing (e.g. adaptive beamforming/ filtering, demodulation)
    * Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
    * Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
    * Debug existing software and correct defects
    * Describe various signal processing techniques
    * Identify various digital modulation techniques
    * Write software using C++, Java
    * Functional understanding of the Linux operating system
    * Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
    * Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
    * Develop/implement algorithms to meet system performance and functional standards
    * Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
    * Write/review software and system documentation
    * Develop software solutions, confer with users or system engineers
    * Analyze systems flow, data usage, and work processes
    * Investigate problem areas
    * Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project
    * Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve its performance
    * Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
    * Use signal processing algorithms to convert a signal
    * Design signal processing software based on sparse documentation
    * Identify the source of problems in an RF processing system

Staff Signal Software Engineer Additional Experience Preferred:

Software-defined radio architectures (e.g. SCA, REDHAWK, or GNU), commercial wireless standards, geolocation techniques, software configuration management tools (e.g. GIT, ClearQuest, Trac, or Subversion), Python, Eclipse IDE, Google Protocol Buffer, model-based design (e.g. Matlab, SIMULINK), service-oriented architecture, and Linux OS.

About Us:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company known for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. We were founded in Albuquerque, NM in 1979 as the disco era was, thankfully, closing out and the personal computer era was beginning. We employ over 1,500 professionals and continue to grow. ARA offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software, and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides ourselves on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets, so we give our employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as owners. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. The company realizes employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.

To find out more about Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/raleigh/

   Experience

Required
    * 4 year(s): Relevant Work Experience

   Education

Preferred
    * Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field

   Licenses & Certifications

Required
    * Top Secret w/Poly

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)