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About the Team
STR’s Intelligence Division researches, develops, and transitions advanced analytics and machine-learning solutions for challenging national-security problems. Our team includes engineers and researchers with advanced backgrounds in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and data science who apply deep technical expertise and creativity to mission-critical challenges.
Our work spans data analysis, deep learning, and statistical methods across networking, communications, social media, text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data. We develop capabilities under constraints not typically encountered in commercial environments. U.S. Government analysts use our tools and technologies to extract, enrich, and act on intelligence information worldwide.
The Role
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will lead the technical execution of mission-relevant software systems that operationalize advanced analytics, machine learning, and data-processing capabilities. You will apply software and systems engineering expertise to develop scalable, secure, maintainable applications that operate in complex customer environments.
You will work with software engineers, systems engineers, researchers, and mission partners to translate customer needs into executable technical plans. You will own technical delivery for an assigned project or major subsystem, guiding architecture, implementation, integration, testing, demonstration, and transition.
What You Will Do:
<ul>
<li> Lead project execution: Lead software development from requirements definition through implementation, integration, test, demonstration, deployment, and sustainment</li>
<li> Translate mission needs into plans: Convert customer objectives into requirements, architectures, development plans, milestones, performance measures, and acceptance criteria</li>
<li> Lead the technical team: Lead and mentor software engineers and collaborate with systems engineers, researchers, DevSecOps personnel, and mission partners</li>
<li> Manage technical work: Decompose complex work into actionable tasks; manage dependencies, technical risks, interfaces, and progress toward program objectives</li>
<li> Own project architecture: Design and oversee architectures spanning services, APIs, data pipelines, databases, ML integrations, user interfaces, and deployment infrastructure</li>
<li> Drive integration and quality: Lead design reviews, code reviews, integration activities, testing, customer demonstrations, and release readiness; ensure reliability, security, maintainability, and performance</li>
<li> Support growth and transition: Contribute technical content to proposals, customer engagements, and transition planning while ensuring delivered capabilities are reusable and mission relevant</li>
</ul>
Who You Are:
<ul>
<li> Education and experience: PhD with 2+ years, MS with 6+ years, or BS with 8+ years of relevant experience in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline</li>
<li> Clearance eligibility: Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government</li>
<li> Technical delivery leadership: Experience leading software development efforts or major workstreams involving applications, services, distributed systems, data platforms, or related domains</li>
<li> Systems engineering: Experience translating customer needs into software requirements, designs, development plans, test plans, and integrated capabilities</li>
<li> Software development: Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, C++, Java, Go, or similar languages, with experience developing and maintaining production-quality software</li>
<li> Engineering practices: Experience with Git, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, containers, issue tracking, documentation, and secure software-development practices</li>
<li> Communication and collaboration: Ability to lead technical discussions, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and work effectively with customers and multidisciplinary teams</li>
</ul>
Even Better
<ul>
<li>Clearance: Active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI security clearance</li>
<li> Architecture experience: Experience designing system or software architectures for distributed, data-intensive, real-time, cloud, on-premises, or edge systems</li>
<li> DevSecOps experience: Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure automation, container orchestration, cloud platforms, monitoring, logging, and security tooling</li>
<li> Large codebase experience: Experience developing software in large, multi-team code bases using collaborative engineering practices</li>
<li> Decentralized systems: Familiarity with message queues, stream processing, distributed computing, or microservices</li>
<li> Customer and capture support: Experience supporting technical proposals, customer demonstrations, technical briefings, or capture activities with DoW or IC customers</li>
<li> Modern development tools: Experience using LLM-enabled development tools, such as Cursor or Codex, in a secure and effective engineering workflow</li>
</ul>
Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $180,000 - $230,000 The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.<div>STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, Carlsbad, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Denver, CO. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at <a href="http://www.str.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">www.str.us</a> for more info.
 STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at <a href="mailto:appassist@str.us">appassist@str.us</a> and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.</div>

Lead Software Engineer

About the Team
STR’s Intelligence Division researches, develops, and transitions advanced analytics and machine-learning solutions for challenging national-security problems. Our team includes engineers and researchers with advanced backgrounds in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and data science who apply deep technical expertise and creativity to mission-critical challenges.
Our work spans data analysis, deep learning, and statistical methods across networking, communications, social media, text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data. We develop capabilities under constraints not typically encountered in commercial environments. U.S. Government analysts use our tools and technologies to extract, enrich, and act on intelligence information worldwide.
The Role
As a Lead Network Systems Researcher, you will lead the technical execution of advanced networking, communications, and ML-enabled systems. You will apply state-of-the-art machine-learning methods, networking expertise, and systems-engineering skills to challenges involving disparate and unlabeled data sources, real-time data communications, and networked systems.
You will work with software engineers, systems engineers, algorithm developers, researchers, and academic collaborators to develop, integrate, test, and transition mission-relevant capabilities. You will guide project technical direction, translate customer needs into executable plans, and ensure delivered systems meet high standards for quality, performance, maintainability, testability, reuse, and security.
What You Will Do:
<ul>
<li> Lead project execution: Lead technical execution of networking, communications, and ML-enabled systems projects from requirements definition through development, integration, test, demonstration, and transition</li>
<li> Translate mission needs into plans: Convert customer needs and mission objectives into system requirements, technical architectures, development and test plans, milestones, performance metrics, and acceptance criteria</li>
<li> Lead the technical team: Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams of software engineers, systems engineers, researchers, and algorithm developers</li>
<li> Manage technical work: Decompose technical problems into actionable tasks; assign work, manage dependencies and risks, and track execution against program objectives</li>
<li> Own project architecture: Design and oversee implementation of architectures spanning network protocols, data pipelines, ML models, edge and network-core compute, and external interfaces</li>
<li> Drive integration and quality: Lead design reviews, code reviews, integration activities, technical demonstrations, and customer engagements; ensure delivered systems meet quality, performance, maintainability, testability, security, and reuse standards</li>
<li> Apply advanced methods: Apply state-of-the-art ML and statistical methods to networking, communications, and real-time data challenges in collaboration with customers, mission partners, academic collaborators, and industry partners</li>
</ul>
Who You Are:
<ul>
<li> Education and experience: PhD with 2+ years, MS with 6+ years, or BS with 8+ years of relevant experience in computer science, machine learning, computer/electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline</li>
<li> Clearance eligibility: Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance for which U.S Citizenship is needed by the U.S government</li>
<li> Technical delivery leadership: Experience leading technical development efforts or major workstreams involving software, systems, networking, communications, machine learning, or related domains</li>
<li> Systems engineering: Experience translating customer or mission needs into technical requirements, system designs, development and test plans, and integrated software and/or hardware systems</li>
<li> ML expertise: Experience applying state-of-the-art ML methods, including unsupervised and semi-supervised learning techniques, to real-world problems across resource-constrained edge and resource-rich network-core environments</li>
<li> Networking expertise: Strong understanding of networking and communications theory across the OSI model</li>
<li> Engineering and communication practices: Working knowledge of software design patterns and engineering best practices, including integration, testing, version control, and collaboration tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence; strong written and verbal communication skills</li>
</ul>
Even Better:
<ul>
<li>Clearance: Active Top Secret security clearance</li>
<li> Collaborative software development: Experience developing software in large, multi-party code bases using collaborative engineering practices and modern developer tools, including LLM-enabled coding tools such as Cursor or Codex.</li>
<li> Protocol-layer development: Experience developing, integrating, testing, or evaluating software at the PHY, MAC, Network, or Application layers</li>
<li> Communications domain expertise: Experience with 5G system development, testing, evaluation, network management, network security, and/or protocol analysis</li>
<li>Customer and capture support: Experience supporting technical proposals, customer demonstrations, or capture activities with DoW or IC customers</li>
</ul>
Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $180,000 - $230,000. The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.<div>STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, Carlsbad, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Denver, CO. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at <a href="http://www.str.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">www.str.us</a> for more info.
 STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at <a href="mailto:appassist@str.us">appassist@str.us</a> and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.</div>

Lead Network Systems Researcher

About the Team: 
STR’s Analytics &amp; C2 (AC2) Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate and motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to develop and mature innovative ideas from conception to improve mission success of our customers. 
 
The Collaborative Autonomy and Control (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division works to build software systems that solve critical problems in the areas of uncrewed system autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, resource management, and control. By leveraging expertise in machine learning, algorithms, model-predictive control, and software development we build tools that support tactical mission planning and execution, autonomous reasoning, and more. 
 
The Role: 
As an Autonomy Software Engineer, you will work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms. You will support programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Your work will develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This position is based in Woburn, MA, or Arlington, VA, and will take advantage of STR’s flexible, hybrid environment – when the work does not require use of STR’s facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.  
 
Who You Are: 
<ul>
<li>U.S. Citizen </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 2+ years’ experience </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>1+ years’ experience with C++ or Java  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Full stack development experience with a heavy focus on backend algorithmic development </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization of backend executables </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Proven ability to develop, implement, integrate, and test algorithms and software </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Not in scope: Experience primarily with Front end UI/UX or database management/interaction</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Experience utilizing the following:  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Object-Oriented Programming principles </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA and Sonarqube </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Test-driven development methodologies </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies </li>
</ul>
 
Even Better: 
<ul>
<li>Active Security Clearance </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>MS in Computer Science or related technical field </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Experience with the following:  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Collection Orchestration </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Satellite Constellation Management </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Coordinating Electronic Warfare resources </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Reinforcement learning </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Agentic AI </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>TCPED Management for Tactical ISR </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Experience programming for embedded and physical devices </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Multi-agent coordination of UxVs </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>MAVLINK or other C2 protocols </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Unreal Engine modeling </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>ROS </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>TAK </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Integration of complex software systems </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Constraint satisfaction algorithms </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Knowledge representation/ontologies </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Python </li>
</ul>
 
 Full-Time Salary Range: $115,000 to $145,000 
The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions. 
 
 
 <div>STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, Carlsbad, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Denver, CO. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at <a href="http://www.str.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">www.str.us</a> for more info.
 STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at <a href="mailto:appassist@str.us">appassist@str.us</a> and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.</div>

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