Stellar Science

Scientific Software Developer (DC, NoVA)

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Tysons, VA

In-Office

Senior level

Software

The Role

Develop and maintain scientific software using modern C++ practices, with applications in various scientific domains, requiring strong software development skills.

Summary Generated by Built In

We hire smart Scientists and Software Engineers who love to create and maintain high quality, extensible scientific codes, and want to learn and adopt modern C++ practices.
Support software development in the following domains: space domain awareness (SDA), laser source generation and effects modeling, high power microwave systems modeling and simulation, computational electromagnetics (CEM), space systems modeling, atmospheric modeling, high performance computing (HPC), computer aided design (CAD) tools, image simulation, computer vision, image processing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and more.
Requirements:

Ph.D., M.S., or B.S. in physics, math, electrical/mechanical/aerospace engineering, computer science, or any relevant scientific or engineering field
Ability to implement, understand, and maintain mathematical and scientific codes
Object-oriented design and C++ programming experience
Substantial software development experience
Interest in developing modern, high quality C++20/23 code
U.S. citizen, willing to undergo background investigation, and perform some work at government and/or customer sites

Experience in any of the following is a plus:

C++20/23, TypeScript, Python, Java
Relevant libraries: Boost, Eigen
Cross-platform software development on Linux, Windows, Mac
3D graphics using OpenGL, Open Scene Graph and/or WebGL
User interface development with Qt, Java Swing, Material UI
Supercomputing: OpenMP, threads, MPI, CUDA, GPU
Image processing, imagery analysis, or computer vision, computer aided design (CAD)
Aerospace vehicles, orbital mechanics, electromagnetics, space domain awareness
Modeling and simulation, including directed energy
Active security clearance

A representative sample of your code may be requested early in the evaluation process, e.g. something you've written for work, a school project, or for fun. It should be long enough to demonstrate your programming and software engineering skills.

Top Skills

Boost

C++20

C++23

Cuda

Eigen

Java

Java Swing

Linux

macOS

Material Ui

Mpi

Open Scene Graph

Opengl

Openmp

Python

Typescript

Webgl

Windows

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The Company

Albuquerque, NM

67 Employees

Year Founded: 1999

What We Do

Stellar Science is a small but growing company developing custom scientific and engineering software. We conduct research and develop interactive software in the fields of computer vision, image enhancement, three-dimensional visualization, computational electromagnetics, scene simulation, and thermal modeling, on systems ranging from desktops to high performance supercomputing clusters.