Senior Software Engineer
AeroVironment, Inc.21 hours ago
Jessup, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$150k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support, integrate, scale, document, and secure virtual compute and container platforms.
- Develop and maintain software, microservices, algorithms, database interfaces, and data queries.
- Containerize mission-critical applications using containerization technologies.
- Develop software solutions for low- and high-side environments and integrate software into new or modified systems.
- Analyze requirements, system performance, data usage, workflows, and problem areas to derive software designs and improvements.
- Design and implement complex interfaces, queries, and algorithms subject to timing, resource, and interface constraints.
- Write or review software and system documentation and assist with software testing procedures.
- Recommend technologies and process improvements, and serve as team lead when appropriate to the software development process.
Requirements
- Twenty years of experience as a software engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, with four additional years of similar software engineering experience permitted as a substitute.
- Experience developing and integrating capabilities using Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker, or similar containerization technologies.
- Experience developing and maintaining microservices in a service-oriented architecture.
- Experience with varying communications and data formats and a deep understanding of AI/ML capabilities in a client environment.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with a team.
- Preferred qualifications include Agile development experience, programmatic data-serving or retrieval APIs, DevOps concepts, CI/CD pipelines, data science workflows, ETL, and data lakes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave.
- 401(k) company matching and contributions.
- Professional development and training reimbursements.
- 9/80 work schedule and paid holiday shutdown.
- Work is performed at the contractor facility in Annapolis Junction, with partial telework available.
- The role supports both low- and high-side access.
Tech Stack
About AeroVironment, Inc.
AeroVironment builds small unmanned aircraft systems, loitering munitions (e.g., Switchblade), and related software, sensors, and services for U.S. and allied defense agencies. The public company (NASDAQ: AVAV), founded in 1971 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, sells hardware, training, and lifecycle support, with widely fielded systems such as Raven, Puma, and Wasp. It also offers autonomy and robotic technologies used in reconnaissance, targeting, and force protection missions.