Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Arlington, VA

About the Team:

STR's Analytics & C2 (AC2) Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate and motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to develop and mature innovative ideas from conception to improve mission success of our customers.

The Collaborative Autonomy and Control (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division works to build software systems that solve critical problems in the areas of uncrewed system autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, resource management, and control. By leveraging expertise in machine learning, algorithms, model-predictive control, and software development we build tools that support tactical mission planning and execution, autonomous reasoning, and more.

The Role:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms. You will provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Your work will develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This position is based in Woburn, MA, or Arlington, VA, and will take advantage of STR's flexible, hybrid environment – when the work does not require use of STR's facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.

Who You Are:

• U.S. Citizen with ability to get a security clearance
• BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 7+ years' experience
• 5+ years experience with C++ or Java
• Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
• Proven ability to lead and manage moderate size engineering teams (5-10 engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance
• Demonstrated success driving industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products
• Experience in leading system/software architecture design
• Comfortable working both with internal leadership and external customers in the development and execution of software product plans

Even Better:

• MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
• Experience with the following:
• Collection Orchestration
• Satellite Constellation Management
• Coordinating Electronic Warfare resources
• Reinforcement learning
• Agentic AI
• TCPED Management for Tactical ISR
• Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
• Multi-agent coordination of UxVs
• MAVLINK or other C2 protocols
• Unreal Engine modeling
• ROS
• TAK
• DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains
• Integration of complex software systems
• Constraint satisfaction algorithms
• Knowledge representation/ontologies
• Python
• Active Security Clearance

Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $220,000.00 to $250,000.00

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.