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Form of workAnalytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., (AMA) is proud of our customer relationships, our diverse and dynamic work environment, and our employees' career satisfaction. AMA is a small business specializing in aerospace engineering, business analytics, information technology, and visualization solutions. AMA combines the best of engineering and mathematics capabilities with the latest in information technologies and visualization to build creative solutions. Headquartered in Hampton, VA, AMA has operations in Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; Huntsville, AL; Dallas and Houston, TX; Denver, CO; Santa Clara and Mountain View, CA; and Edwards Air Force Base, CA. We offer a competitive salary and attractive benefits package, including paid personal leave and holidays, salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting, tuition reimbursement, short/long term disability plans, medical, dental, and vision insurance. Our website describes our corporate values and how they apply to the professional success and growth of our employees. Visit our website at www.ama-inc.com .
Job Description
AMA is looking for a talented Software Developer to join our modeling and simulation development and integration team in support of NASA Aeronautics Research, Air Traffic and Operations Simulation (ATOS), and the Air Traffic Operations Laboratory (ATOL). The ATOS team develops and maintains a suite of software components and services that simulate airborne vehicles and their supporting communications, navigation, and surveillance infrastructure, provides connections to ground-based traffic scheduling and air traffic management tools, and provides simulation support services such as simulation mode control, time synchronization, data collection, component health monitoring, and error logging across the distributed simulation system. The ATOS development and integration team leverages over 500 IT systems, including real time pilot and air traffic control stations, to support cutting edge research, feasibility assessments, and requirements development using the simulation of current and future airspace and air traffic scenarios within virtual and constructive simulations. AMA is looking for a Software Developer with a diverse set of skills to join this team to support NASA research and the ATOL. The candidate will modify, enhance, and maintain NASA software created to support remote small uncrewed aerial system (sUAS) operations and to conduct human factors research that enables multi-vehicle remote operations.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform software engineering, development, and verification tasks in support of the design, development, enhancement, and release of NASA Ground Control Station (GCS) software using C and Qt
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of documentation and other artifacts in support of software releases and general dissemination of information
- Provide support for collaborative research studies
- Attend regular meeting(s)/ telecom(s) as scheduled by project and task leads
Minimum Qualifications
- BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent
- Minimum 1 year experience as a full-time C developer leveraging the Qt framework
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience as a full-time C developer using Qt
- Experience with the MAVLINK messaging protocol
- Experience with small Uncrewed Air Systems (sUAS) GCS software and operations
- Experience with machine-to-machine communications frameworks for Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as MQTT, Mosquitto, ActiveMQ
- Some exposure or development experience in the Apple ecosystem
- Experience with configuration management and build systems including Git, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, CMake
- Experience with system libraries and technologies including Qt, machine-to-machine communications, DDS, HLA, REST, Multicasting, TCP, UDP
- Experience with full life cycle development
- Strong oral and written communication skills
US citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.
AMA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws.
