Principal Software Engineer, Geospatial Mission Systems
MAG Aerospace2 years ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$180k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, development, integration, and sustainment of geospatial and situational-awareness applications for defense and mission operations.
- Design and maintain client, server, database, and service components within distributed software architectures.
- Develop map-based user interfaces, data visualizations, and geospatial components using vector, terrain, imagery, and mapping data.
- Integrate software with radars, sensors, external data feeds, and mission-system interfaces.
- Design solutions for geospatial data storage, querying, transformation, dissemination, and display.
- Translate customer and operator needs into requirements, technical designs, prototypes, and production releases.
- Provide technical leadership across design, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and sustainment.
- Diagnose complex software, data, network, and systems-integration issues in development and operational environments.
- Mentor engineers and establish effective development, integration, and documentation practices.
- Partner with government customers, end users, systems engineers, and development teams, including through demonstrations, training, documentation, and user support.
- Contribute to technical planning, follow-on solution development, customer discussions, and system roadmaps.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive software-development experience, including technical leadership or ownership of complex applications.
- Demonstrated experience developing mapping, GIS, geospatial visualization, or situational-awareness software.
- Strong hands-on Java programming experience and proficiency in at least one additional language such as JavaScript, C++, or Python.
- Experience with distributed or client-server architectures, databases, APIs, networked services, and real-time or near-real-time external data integration.
- Working knowledge of geospatial data types and services, including vector, terrain/elevation, imagery, OpenStreetMap, spatial databases, or web map services.
- Ability to lead requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to customers and end users.
- Ability to work effectively in a defense-contracting environment with geographically distributed teams and mission stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, geographic information science, or a related technical field.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
- Preferred: master's degree in computer science, geographic information science, or a related field.
- Preferred: experience with maritime domain awareness, command and control, C2/C4ISR/C5ISR, mission planning, battlespace visualization, radar tracks, sensor fusion, track management, tactical data, or operational common-picture applications.
- Preferred: experience with Leaflet, OpenMap, ArcGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, MySQL, NGA data products, RPF, DTED, VPF, Open Geospatial Consortium standards, WMS, open-source software, simulation, training, after-action review, or spatial-analysis applications.
- Preferred: prior delivery of software directly to U.S. Government or Department of Defense customers and an active U.S. security clearance.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits are available through MAG's Total Rewards programs for eligible full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis.
- Eligible employees receive paid leave, professional development, and tuition assistance.
- Employees below the 30-hour threshold are eligible for select offerings but not health benefits.
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About MAG Aerospace
MAG Aerospace provides C5ISR engineering, systems integration, aviation operations, and training for U.S. Department of Defense and allied government customers. The privately held company acts as a prime contractor and systems integrator on large defense programs, delivering ISR services, fleet management, maintenance, and mission sensor operator training. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, it supports global deployments across multi-domain intelligence and surveillance missions.