Early Career Computer Scientist - Remote Sensing Systems, Onsite

About the role

As a software engineer in this mission-focused R&D environment, you will help design and develop software for high-throughput, high volume data processing that supports real-time decision-making. You will join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that delivers creative solutions for sophisticated remote sensing and satellite data systems contributing directly to Sandia's national security mission.

Responsibilities

• Develop software solutions and algorithms for remote sensing systems, including the capture, processing, exploitation, visualization, and distribution of real-time satellite sensor data.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, technical leads, customers, and end users to collect requirements, design solutions, and deliver extensible software applications.
• Analyze existing systems and develop new solutions that push the state of what is possible.
• Propose and lead image processing and data-centric research and development projects.
• Engage with diverse specialists in areas such as data fusion, signal and image processing, analytics, cloud computing, machine learning, modeling and simulation, service architectures, data management, and visualization.

Requirements

The ideal R&D S&E, Computer Science candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI security clearance.

Qualifications

• We Require:
• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI security clearance.
• We Desire:
• A Graduate degree in Computer Science or a directly related field with extensive programming experience.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices and tools (e.g., Agile).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.
• Experience in C++, Python, GitLab, and Object Oriented programming.
• Experience utilizing Kubernetes.
• Ability to work independently for problem solving.
• Thorough knowledge of and experience with designing, planning, and executing research, design, and development projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with implementing Sandia policies affecting research, design, and development activities, projects, or initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to team across disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct analysis and research, design and architect, implement, test and integrate and deploy software systems to improve our customer's decision-making and communication capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop novel ways/pipelines for humans and machines to compute, think, discover, and conclude/decide.
• Demonstrated ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values.

Skills

Skills within the department include software engineering; signal and image processing; statistical inference; data fusion; image registration; pattern recognition; radiometric calibration; compressive sensing; human-computer interfaces; data visualization; and design, implementation, deployment, operational user support, and maintenance of collaborative decision support systems.

Benefits

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. This position requires limited travel.

Pay

Salary Range $102,400 - $199,700

Schedule

Posting Duration This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs. If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.