Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Space, Satellites, and Remote Sensing - Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas.

About the role

Passionate about Space, Satellites, and other Remote Sensing systems? Join our dynamic team and make a difference providing creative solutions to unique national security challenges! We are seeking an enthusiastic early-career software engineer to design and develop software for a mission focused on high-throughput, high-volume data processing. Our team delivers creative solutions for sophisticated real-time decision support systems.

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.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Qualifications

We Require

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a highly related field and five years of directly related experience.
• Experience in software design, engineering, and development.
• Experience with object-oriented software development in C++, Java, or Python.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance which may require a polygraph test.

We Desire

• Experience using CI/CD tools such as Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, or Docker.
• Proven presentation and communication skills.
• Desire and ability to grow technical capabilities, programs, and staff.
• Evidence for and a desire to lead in any capacity (technical direction, project leader, program leader, mentor, educator, etc.).
• Active DOE Q and SCI clearance or DOD equivalent.

Benefits

• Challenging work with impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide.
• Extraordinary co-workers and some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world.
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home).
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance.

These benefits vary by job classification.

Pay

Salary Range: $102,400 - $199,700. Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Schedule

• 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off).
• 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks.
• Part-time work and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home).

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access may be impacted.