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Software Engineer - ELSYS - Smyrna, GA (Open Rank)

Georgia Tech Research Institute · Smyrna, GA · 1 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time

About the role

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI now employs over 2,900 people across eight laboratories in more than 20 locations, conducting over $940 million of problem‑solving research each year for government and industry. GTRI researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state agencies, and industry.

The Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests software applications and products; manages software development teams, provides technical leadership, and establishes software development lifecycle practices and processes. The role requires proficiency in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, Scala, and Groovy, and extensive knowledge of software development, operating systems, CI/CD, DevOps, API development, container development, and distributed systems. The engineer applies engineering principles to software creation, manages production releases, performs code reviews, merges feature development branches, analyzes and triages issues, and works with sponsors to curate requirements, define sprint work items, set backlog priorities, and organize development teams.

Responsibilities

  • Perform software development, debugging, modification, enhancement, and documentation
  • Design, test, and develop computer software to meet program requirements
  • Apply expertise in computing systems to define requirements and develop software designs recognizing limitations of target hardware platforms
  • Develop and maintain kernel and user‑level software and scripts
  • Contribute to research reports, presentations, white papers, and competitive proposals
  • Create and analyze network protocols

Requirements

  • Experience with one or more of the following languages: C/C++, C# (WPF with .NET and knowledge of MVVM), JavaScript/TypeScript, and/or Python
  • Experience with EW and Avionics Systems architecture, function and interfaces, including RF systems
  • Experience developing on/for Windows and Linux operating systems

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret Clearance (preferred)
  • Experience with highly performant software design, including high‑bandwidth and low‑latency compute architectures and acceleration techniques (e.g., GPU or FPGA offload, or software development on bare‑metal and real‑time operating systems)
  • Knowledge of computer architectures as they relate to embedded hardware and communications standards (e.g., Ethernet, PCI Express)
  • Experience with embedded systems development and DoD open‑architecture standards
  • Experience with digital signal processing
  • Experience with software development and collaboration tools such as GitLab and Atlassian

Skills

  • Programming languages: Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, Scala, Groovy
  • Operating systems, CI/CD, DevOps, API development, container development, distributed systems
  • Engineering principles applied to software creation, production release management, code reviews, feature branch merging, issue analysis and triage
  • Fundamentals of computer science, software design and architecture, algorithms and data structures, information analysis, software debugging and testing
  • Working effectively on development teams
  • Collaborating with sponsors to curate requirements, define sprint work items, set backlog priorities, and organize teams

Education and Experience

  • Open‑rank appointment; final offer aligned with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks (see Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook §

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