Overview

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Project/Unit Description

The Test Engineering Division (TEN), part of the Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS), specializes in applied research to advance Test and Evaluation (T&E) methodologies for Department of Defense (DoD) systems. With a core emphasis on Electronic Warfare (EW) and related technologies, TEN excels in developing sophisticated software-in-the-loop (SITL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) test systems. These systems are built on rigorous systems and software architecture, generating a realistic and complex simulation environment consistent with the challenges of tomorrow's battlespace and supporting the Department of War's mission needs through open-loop and closed-loop testing, system simulation/emulation, test automation, and comprehensive data analysis. Key research activities include T&E across the Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) spectrums and systems engineering and architecture definition enabling high-fidelity testing of land, airborne, maritime, and spaceborne systems to ensure innovative solutions for diverse defense challenges.

Job Purpose

The Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests software applications and products. Additionally, the Software Engineer manages software development teams, provides technical leadership, and establishes software development lifecycle practices and processes. The Software Engineer is proficient in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, Scala, and Groovy. In this role, the Software Engineer requires extensive knowledge of programming languages, software development, computer operating systems, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps, Application Programming Interface (API) development, container development, and distributed systems. The Software Engineer also applies engineering principles to software creation, manages production releases of software, performs code reviews, merges feature development branches, and analyzes and triages issues. The necessary skill areas for the Software Engineer include programming and coding, fundamentals of computer science, software design and architecture development, algorithms and data structures, information analysis, software debugging and testing, and working on development teams. The Software Engineer also works with sponsors to curate requirements, define sprint work items, set priorities for work backlogs, and organize development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform software development, debugging, modification, enhancement, and documentation
• Develop and maintain kernel and user-level software and scripts
• Contribute to technical reports and presentations

Additional Responsibilities

• Design and implement engineering solutions for a variety of hardware and software-based systems
• Provide systems design expertise and collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines and domains
• Lead multi-disciplinary scrum/agile technical teams, ensuring research product development closely tracks with system requirements and implement those teams’ products
• Manage task and project administrative activities for diverse teams, including overseeing budgets and resources
• Develop requirements, system architectures, test plans, procedures, scripts, data, reports, and other related formal test artifacts
• Support all levels of test from Qualification to Developmental & Operational Testing by developing test plans, procedures, and reports
• Interface directly with sponsors to understand needs and address technical and programmatic concerns
• Lead requirements analysis activities and related coordination with external stakeholders and sponsors
• Support field/flight testing (electronic combat ranges) and testing in specialized lab facilities (anechoic & RF)
• Technical leadership with capture/pursuit experience, including contribution or authoring of white papers, proposal of technical volumes, and performing internal research and development, or related experience
• Experience presenting technical data to stakeholders and sponsor community, in design reviews and technical interchange meetings
• Apply expertise in computing systems to define requirements and develop software designs recognizing limitations of target hardware platforms
• Apply expertise in computing systems to define requirements and develop software designs recognizing limitations of target hardware platforms
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Minimum Qualifications

• 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 developing on/for Windows and Linux operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience writing test procedures and plans for complex and multi-faceted DOW systems, platforms, and environments
• Experience performing in a Software Engineering role on Department of War programs
• Understanding of radar and/or electronic warfare systems
• Experience with test and evaluation
• Involvement in recognized professional groups (e.g. International Test and Evaluation Association, Society of Flight Test Engineers, Association of Old Crows, National Defense Industrial Association, etc.)
• Experience with Python, C/C++, or other languages
• Experience or certification with Ansible, Scrum certified, CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps, Hardware-in-the-loop testing, SolidWorks, Cameo Systems Modeler
• Python development experience, including asynchronous programming
• Experience with FastAPI, Pydantic, and OpenAPI
• Experience designing and developing RESTful web services
• Experience with SQLite and relational SQL databases
• Experience developing WebSocket services and real-time applications
• Experience designing and validating JSON-based data models
• Experience diagnosing issues and implementing logging and error handling
• Familiarity with Linux/RHEL environments
• JavaScript/TypeScript experience
• Svelte/SvelteKit experience preferred
• React experience acceptable
• Proficiency with HTML and CSS
• Experience building responsive GUIs, dashboards, and data visualization
    interfaces
• Experience with frontend state management and asynchronous data handling

Travel Requirements

<10% travel

Education and Length of Experience

Levels 1, 2

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 0 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field of study

Please refer to our Research Faculty Technical Level Guidelines for minimum requirements at the higher levels.

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Benefits at GTRI

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (“USG”) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual’s race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

USG Core Values Statement

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.