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Southwest Research Institute · 1 day ago

LEAD COMPUTER SCIENTIST - LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL COMPUTER SCIENTIST - Senior Software Developer

San Antonio, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

Southwest Research Institute is seeking a Lead Computer Scientist to join their Defense and Intelligence Solutions team. The role involves designing, developing, and documenting innovative software solutions while leading small teams through the software life cycle using Agile methodologies.

Innovation ManagementMarket ResearchMechanical EngineeringNon ProfitProduct Research

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Adding a highly motivated, proactive, and detailed oriented Lead Computer Scientist to a dynamic team of Software Architects, other Computer Scientists and Engineers that are designing, developing, and documenting next generation software solutions

Contribute to/lead small teams through all aspects of the Software Life Cycle using Agile Methodologies, to include requirements creation and interpretation, leading design, trade studies, development, documentation, testing, task tracking and status, and deployment

Support/lead design and development for new technical solutions and frameworks for thin client, server side development, OOP, embedded programming and database patterns and implementation

Create and contribute to customer required requirements, design and other documentation

Understand applied research solutions and contribute to designs that will support more robust scalability, sustainability, and availability to enable moving the solution from a research to an operational environment

Support proposals as needed

Effective and proactive communication, both verbally and in writing

Give task updates, recommend technical solutions, ask questions, create technical documentation, and support client interactions

Contribute to/lead design and dev of advanced software architectures utilizing object oriented and embedded programming fundamentals, distributing computing, thin clients, and data distribution systems

Proactively communicating on task status and communicating with leadership

Contribute to/lead all phases of the project life cycle: developing technical requirements, designing and developing innovative solutions to difficult problems, testing and integration with a larger system, and installing and documenting complete solutions

Proactively and effectively interacting with team members, working with the team and customer to understand requirements and constraints of the target environment

Working with internal teams to support SW side of proposals, to include basis of estimates

Assist or create WBS for SW efforts to support Agile development cycles, assist and/or lead task estimations and schedule creation for SW tasks assigned and for junior team members

Assess and quantify technical debt based on constraints and requirements

If tasking permits, working a hybrid home/office schedule. Up to 25% travel

Travel to SwRI facilities, short-term travel to government client facilities in the U.S. and overseas

Qualification

Programming languagesSoftware developmentAgile methodologiesObject-oriented programmingEmbedded programmingDistributed computingTechnical documentationCollaborative team environmentSelf-directedCommunicationDetail-oriented

Required

Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (emphasis on programming and software development) or related such as Computational Engineering

Current DoD security clearance is highly desired

8 years: Experience in a variety of programming languages such as Javascript, JAVA, C#, C++, HTML5, and Python. 7 years of experience for those with a Masters degree

Be able to analyze and translate complex technical requirements into an application design, implementation, unit and integration testing; assess and communicate technical debt associated with constraints and design, create software unit testing, and integration & documentation

Be proficient in working with Microsoft Tools, Teams, Various Software Repositories, Various Build Environments, Software Engineering practices, Various Operating systems, Distributed computing, and Computer Science principles

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, proactive communicator, detailed oriented, fast learner, work in a collaborative team environment, and the ability to self-direct

A valid/clear driver's license is required