STR
Chief Engineer
Arlington, VA · Exec · Full-time
No sponsorship$233k-$320kDetected 13 days ago
PythonJavaRustC++AlgorithmsCI/CDMachine LearningCybersecuritySensorsResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Work with the CAC group leadership to conceptualize, market, and help capture programs that enable the group to advance the state of the art through technology development.
- Engage customers in problem definition, solution concept ideation, and concepts for integration into broader capability ecosystems.
- Work with a diverse set of customers and diverse set of problems, technology areas, and engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Assemble and lead tightly knit teams to design, develop, implement, and demonstrate advanced systems.
Requirements
- BS in engineering or related technical field with 15+ years' experience
- Demonstrated expertise in autonomy system and algorithm development
- Experience leading system and technology development teams
- Proven understanding of multi-agent systems, collaborative operations, coordination and orchestration algorithms, distributed sense-making and control, and collaborative autonomy stacks
- Proven understanding of motion planning, constraint optimization, perception, localization, mapping, controls, and related system performance metrics.
- Ability to obtain a Security Clearance, for which US citizenship is needed
- Software development experience with Java, C++, Rust, Python
- Experience with any of the following:
- Knowledge representation/ontologies
Compensation
- The salary range listed is based on external market data.
- $233,000-$320,000
Benefits
- 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.
- STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members.
Company info
- STR's Analytics & C2 (AC2) Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics, sense-making, and autonomy technologies.
- Our team consists of passionate, motivated individuals with backgrounds and interests in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science.
- We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to mature implementation to improve mission success for our customers.
- The Collaborative Autonomy and Controls (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division develops multi-agent autonomous systems executing multiple missions in a variety of operating domains.
- By leveraging expertise with machine learning, advanced algorithms, and software development best practices, we build technologies that transform reconnaissance, tactical operations, and many other mission areas.
- Conduct software solution architecture and design reviews as part of an agile development process.
Equal opportunity
- STR is an equal opportunity employer.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Ability to obtain a Security Clearance, for which US citizenship is needed
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