What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientific Software Developer Paid Co-op/Internship position at Stellar Science?
Selected Interns or Co-op students will support object-oriented C 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.
The main requirements are that candidates be top-notch, responsible, self-motivated, honest, able to work well independently or in small teams, and be able to rapidly learn new languages, tools, and techniques as needed to meet mission requirements.
Applicants who convey a passion for developing quality code, through listed projects, a github link, or other software development experiences, will be given preference.
This is a paid cooperative/internship learning experience.
Minimum Requirements:
- Majoring 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 software libraries
- Software development experience in C
- Must be available for full time employment within a year of completing this internship
- U.S. citizen willing to undergo background investigation and perform some work at at government or customer sites
Experience in any of the following is a plus:
- Cross-platform software development on Linux and Windows
- 3D graphics using OpenGL, Open Scene Graph, WebGL
- User interface development with Qt, Java Swing, Material UI
- Supercomputing, CUDA, OpenMP, MPI, threads, GPU
- Image processing, imagery analysis, computer vision, or computer aided design (CAD)
- Aerospace vehicles, orbital mechanics, electromagnetics, space domain awareness
- Modeling and simulation, including directed energy
A representative sample of your code will 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.
About Stellar Science: We are a growing Albuquerque-based computational science company seeking talented computer programmers to create and extend exciting scientific and engineering analysis applications. We maintain high standards in all our software development efforts, utilizing modern development practices including continuous integration, test-driven development, pair programming, and code reviews in order to develop high quality, maintainable, and reusable code. By employing a lightweight development process, we remain highly productive and responsive to changing customer needs.
Stellar Science is a forward-thinking business that allows its developers and scientists to work at home on occasion when consistent with job requirements. Standard benefits include 11 paid federal holidays (which may be floated as desired), three weeks vacation, a generous fully employer-funded SEP IRA, and fully employer-funded health insurance, as well as dental, disability, and life insurance.
Stellar Science is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or national origin, in accordance with federal regulations.