Software Development Engineer

Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL • Full-time • Mid-level

About the role

The successful applicant will join ATR's Engineering Services Division as a software development engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center South Florida Ocean Measurement Facility (SFOMF), located near Fort Lauderdale, FL. You will work as part of a research, design, test, and evaluation team developing hardware systems to acquire surface and sub-surface ocean sensor data and fuse it into a coherent picture for monitoring the underwater ocean environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software systems using engineering principles, focusing on high-level architecture, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers and domain experts to develop complex systems for data acquisition and sensor measurement.
• Produce technical reports, standard operating procedures, and presentations.
• Participate in developing project plans, test and analysis plans, and brief research progress and results to upper management and sponsors.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience with data acquisition software development of measurement systems.
• Experience with programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++, and LabVIEW.
• Experience developing data acquisition and control software.
• Experience acquiring analog data from sensors.
• Working knowledge of National Instruments technology.
• US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance (current successful background investigation completion is a plus).

Qualifications

• Experience with Navy or other DoD laboratories is a plus.
• Experience with oceanographic and/or underwater signatures data is a plus.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary group environment.
• Minimal travel required.

Pay

$105,000 to $120,000 USD per year.

Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance.
• Free basic life and accidental death & dismemberment (ADD) insurance.
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Educational assistance program.
• Paid time off.