Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MAG Aerospace is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Geospatial Mission Systems to develop mission-critical situational-awareness software for defense and mission operations. The role serves as a hands-on technical lead responsible for geospatial applications, sensor and radar integration, distributed architectures, map-based interfaces, software lifecycle leadership, and customer partnership.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, development, integration, and sustainment of geospatial and situational-awareness applications supporting defense and mission operations
- Design and maintain client, server, database, and service components within distributed software architectures
- Develop map-based user interfaces and data-visualization capabilities for manned and unmanned air, surface, ground, subsurface, and related operational tracks
- Integrate software with radars, sensors, external data feeds, and mission-system interfaces
- Build and refine geospatial components using vector, terrain, imagery, and open-source mapping data
- Design solutions for geospatial data storage, querying, transformation, dissemination, and display
- Evaluate and incorporate new mapping technologies, open standards, data formats, and open-source components
- Translate customer and operator needs into software requirements, technical designs, prototypes, and production releases
- Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, including design reviews, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and sustainment
- Diagnose complex software, data, network, and systems-integration issues in development and operational environments
- Mentor engineers and establish sound development, integration, and documentation practices
- Build trusted relationships with government customers, end users, systems engineers, and partner development teams
- Deliver technical demonstrations, training, documentation, and user support as needed
- Contribute to technical planning, solution development, and customer discussions for follow-on capabilities
- Establish technical ownership of the assigned geospatial mission-software components and their integration points
- Deliver reliable enhancements to mapping, sensor-ingestion, track-display, or data-management capabilities
- Reduce integration and sustainment risk through improved architecture, testing, documentation, and technical practices
- Become a trusted technical partner to customers, operators, and adjacent engineering teams
- Create a practical roadmap for evolving the system while protecting mission continuity and interoperability
Skills
- 10+ years of progressive software-development experience, including technical leadership or ownership of complex applications
- Demonstrated experience developing mapping, GIS, geospatial visualization, or situational-awareness software
- Strong hands-on programming experience in Java and at least one additional language such as JavaScript, C++, or Python
- Experience with distributed or client-server architectures, databases, APIs, and networked services
- Experience integrating real-time or near-real-time data from sensors, radars, tracking systems, or other external sources
- Working knowledge of geospatial data types and services, such as vector data, terrain/elevation data, imagery, OpenStreetMap, spatial databases, or web map services
- Ability to lead work across requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, test, deployment, and sustainment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to customers and end users
- Ability to work effectively in a defense-contracting environment with geographically distributed teams and mission stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, geographic information science, or a related technical field
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- Master's degree in computer science, geographic information science, or a related field
- Experience with maritime domain awareness, command and control, C2/C4ISR/C5ISR, mission planning, or battlespace visualization
- Experience with radar tracks, sensor fusion, track management, tactical data, or operational common-picture applications
- Experience with mapping frameworks such as Leaflet, OpenMap, ArcGIS, or comparable geospatial SDKs
- Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, MySQL, or another spatially enabled database
- Familiarity with NGA data products and formats such as RPF, DTED, or VPF
- Familiarity with Open Geospatial Consortium standards and services, including WMS or comparable interfaces
- Experience maintaining or contributing to open-source software and supporting a technical user community
- Experience developing simulation, training, after-action review, or spatial-analysis applications
- Prior experience delivering software directly to U.S. Government or Department of Defense customers
- Active U.S. security clearance
Benefits
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in MAG's Total Rewards programs.
- Health benefits for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Life benefits for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Disability benefits for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Financial benefits for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Retirement benefits for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Paid leave for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Professional development for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Tuition assistance for eligible employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis.
- Individuals who do not meet the 30-hour threshold are eligible for select offerings not inclusive of health benefits.
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