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Cleared Tracking Engineer- Global Situational Awareness

Charlottesville, Virginia

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General Atomics pioneers technologies with the potential to change the world. Behind a talented global team of engineers, GA delivers safe, sustainable, and economical solutions to meet growing global demands. Our Engineers have an opportunity to work on first of a kind product lines within an incredible, dynamic environment.

Engineering positions typically require a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience. Candidates from mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering backgrounds must know the fundamentals of engineering system developments, requirements, testing, and integration before getting to the final stages of customer interface and project management.

  • Schedule: Full-Time Salary

  • Job Level: Mid-Level (3-7 years)

  • Travel: 0 - 25

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Job ID 47478BR Company GA CCRi Experience Level Mid-Level (3-7 years) Job Title Cleared Tracking Engineer- Global Situational Awareness City Charlottesville State Virginia Workstyle Onsite Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time Salary Salary Range $98,100 - $171,398

Job Summary

GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL, that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. Our rapidly growing suite of federal software solutions are used by thousands of intelligence analysts and military personnel around the globe to counter new and emerging threats to national security

GA-CCRi is looking for Tracking Engineers with a Software Engineering background to join our team and support the development of next-generation tracking software. In this role, you'll build a strong skill set in analyzing data from air, maritime, and ground sources, while contributing to data fusion and tracking systems. Prior software engineering experience and the ability to effectively apply mathematical concepts will be essential for developing cutting-edge tracking solutions. Join our growing team and shape the future of tracking and intelligence integration.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Develop and support deployment of tracking systems that meet software compliance standards.
  • Implement software to represent and update tracking movement though state estimation techniques (e.g. Kalman/IMM filters).
  • Implement visualization features of tracking data.
  • Develop test scripts and frameworks to validate functionality.
  • Expand test suite against real tracking data to ensure test suite covers relevant and historical use cases.
  • Collaborate with domain experts, users, development teams, and management to develop against prioritized features.
We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.


Job Qualifications:
  • Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
  • Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly is required.
  • Experienced with software version control systems, in particular, git.
  • Experience with a variety of programming languages, such as Java, Scala, Python, and Golang.
  • Supporting experience to execute against database technologies such as PostgreSQL.
  • Supporting experience to execute against cloud technologies such as Hadoop, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo.
  • Experienced with full software lifecycle development.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

  • CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins).
  • Experience with sensor technologies and data acquisition systems used in tracking applications, such as radar, lidar, GPS, or cameras.
  • Deployment technologies such as: Docker, Kubernetes, Knative, Helm, Rancher.
  • Knowledge of cloud computing platforms and services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
  • Interested in maintaining and adapting existing codebases.
  • Experience with data fusion and data engineering tools.
  • Ability to leverage filtering algorithms, such as Kalman filters and Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) filters.
  • Knowledge of machine learning and deep learning techniques for enhancing tracking capabilities, such as object detection and classification.
  • Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets
  • CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified

Salary:$98,100 - $171,398
Travel Percentage Required 0 - 25 Relocation Assistance Provided Provided US Citizenship Required? Yes Clearance Required? Yes Clearance Level Top Secret (current SCI access with CI Poly)
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Benefits

  • Healthcare

  • Pension, 401(k)/Retirement Plans

  • Competitive Pay

  • Multiple product lines means a variety of work

  • Paid Time Off

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