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One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. MDA is seeking a Staff Software Systems Engineer with demonstrated ability to lead development of new technologies to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

What You'll Get To Do:

As a Staff Software Systems Engineer, you will have an opportunity to be a part of a technology development organization that is collaborative, open, transparent, team-oriented, and flexible, where continuous learning is encouraged, all within a culture of design.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Support the Software Architect with any program specific responsibilities allocated to the role to include:

• Work in an engineering leadership role that executes all facets of building complex software in an Agile development environment.
• Work in an engineering role that executes all facets of building complex software in an Agile development environment.
• Perform engineering activities, focusing on software, across the full spectrum from conceptual design to system deployment
• Define, implement, and verify software capabilities and tools supporting novel technologies and applications
• Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams to define technical architectures for software-intensive systems
• Lead and collaborate the development of technical requirements and synthesize software architectures
• Collaborate in the development of technical requirements and software architectures
• Conduct architecture and design reviews
• Participate and work on integration and testing
• Aid in developing documentation and briefing material.

This position is contingent upon clearance.

This position will serve 100% onsite in Linthicum / Annapolis Junction, MD.

Basic Qualifications for Staff Software Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of relative experience; PhD and 7+ years of relative experience. 
• A minimum of 4+ years of experience in working as a software engineer or software systems engineer with software focus.
• Experience with the Agile software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of model based systems engineering process and artifact creation.
• Experience developing and communicating software architecture constructs.
• Experience and knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as Python, C++, Matlab, etc.
• Capable of effective communication in a highly technical environment.
• 3 or more years of demonstrated success leading teams through the entire development lifecycle Staff: 3 or more years of demonstrated success participating on teams through the entire development lifecycle
• Willingness and ability to work onsite full-time
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a DoD TS/SCI with Poly security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications for Staff Software Systems Engineer:

• Willingness to learn transformational computing technology concepts and domain appropriate for a lead engineering role
• Ability to learn and aid in ways to improve an existing code base
• Experience with Cameo modeling tools
• Experience with Data engineering and processing pipelines
• Experience with UI design and development
• Experience with test automation and instrument control
• Experience with embedded systems and hardware/software integration
• Experience with creating design artifacts such as UML and SysML
• Active DoD TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.

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