Technical Engineer

Location: Springfield, Virginia, United States | Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities across scientific, software development, and cloud engineering teams to advance research and experimental capabilities.
• Work with scientists to translate research concepts and algorithms into software requirements, development activities, and deployable capabilities.
• Facilitate the progression of scientific algorithms from experimental concepts to code, containers, and deployment within AWS.
• Plan, track, and report progress across complex technical projects involving multiple teams, dependencies, and activities.
• Develop and maintain technical plans, test plans, training plans, schedules, documentation, and performance metrics.
• Coordinate testing and evaluation activities and assess research progress, results, and technical performance.
• Identify dependencies, risks, gaps, and issues across scientific, software, and cloud activities and facilitate resolution.
• Support the transition of successful research efforts and experimental capabilities into operational environments.
• Coordinate technical exchange meetings, working groups, reviews, and other forums to facilitate collaboration and decision‑making.
• Develop technical briefings, status reports, and decision‑support materials for government leadership and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with organizations and research partners on relevant technical initiatives.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, structured information for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Adapt responsibilities as needed to meet business needs and enable individual growth.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 13 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 15 years of relevant experience.
• Active TS‑SCI clearance with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Experience working with scientific, research, or experimental project teams, especially those involving software development.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating technical projects across multiple disciplines or development teams.
• Understanding of software development and cloud engineering concepts, and ability to coordinate the transition of algorithms and research into code, containers, and cloud‑based environments.
• Experience with AWS or enterprise cloud environments and with developing or coordinating testing and evaluation, training plans, technical documentation, and performance metrics.
• Experience planning, tracking, and reporting on complex technical projects with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and present technical material to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem‑solving, and facilitation skills with the ability to bring structure to complex technical efforts.

Benefits

• 401(k) with 100 % company match on the first 6 % deferred, immediate vesting.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage (employee portion paid 100 % by Core4ce).
• Unlimited access to training and certifications, with no pre‑set cap on eligible professional development.
• Tuition assistance for job‑related degrees and courses.
• Paid parental leave, PTO that grows with tenure, and generous holiday schedules.
• The Forge program: opportunity for employees to propose and develop bold innovations with internal backing.

Pay

Salary Range: $150,000.00 – $178,000.00 USD per year (general guideline; final offers consider multiple factors).