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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 Systems Software Engineer with demonstrated ability to lead development of new technologies to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

This position will serve 100% on-site in Linthicum / Annapolis Junction, MD.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support the Systems Architect with any program specific responsibilities
• Work in an engineering leadership 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 Systems Engineering team to define technical architectures for software-intensive systems
• Lead and collaborate the development of technical requirements and synthesize software architectures
• Conduct architecture and design reviews
• Participate and work on integration and testing
• Aid in developing documentation and briefing material.

Basic Qualifications for Staff Systems Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 12 years of related experience, or 10 years with a Master's Degree, or 8 years with a PhD.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in working as a software engineer or software systems engineer.
• 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
• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• Clearance:  Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications for Staff Systems Software Engineer:

• Willingness to learn transformational computing technology concepts and domain appropriate for a lead engineering role
• Ability to learn, contribute to, 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

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