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Project: The Software Developer will work independently and as part of a cross-functional team comprised of technical experts supporting an established and growing Intelligence Community (IC) mission. You will need to quickly understand complex technical concepts, make assessments, and articulate your recommendations to the customer. Previous experience working on-site to support the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) is highly desirable.
Day-to-Day with your Colleagues:
- Undertake front-end development of a new single page application in support of our mission.
- Work with program teams to plan future operations.
- Practice and improve on agile development methodologies and tools.
- Work in a collaborative environment to support sensor system design and fielding, special communications, and C2.
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team to compile complex products to inform leadership on technical risks and chances for success of projects.
- Brief customer project, program and senior leadership, as well as mission partners on modeling efforts, results, conclusions and recommendations.
Minimum Requirements:
- Must have active TS/SCI security clearance and be willing and able to obtain CI Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, sciences, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related technology field. 1 additional year of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
- 4 years of relevant experience in software development, technology, engineering and/or science.
- Strong programming skills in Javascript/Typescript, HTML, and CSS/SCSS.
- Experience developing Single Page Applications utilizing modern frameworks such as Vue, React, or Angular.
- Ability to guide UI/UX decisions from draft to implementation.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a lead within a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
- Ability to communicate highly technical analyses at a level comprehensible to non-technical audiences and senior-level government representatives.
Nice to Haves:
- Full-stack experience in creating and managing RESTful APIs.
- Ability to contribute to DevOps processes such as containerization and orchestration, within an AWS ecosystem.
- Experience with Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Matlab.
- Knowledge in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Electro-Optical (EO), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geospatial Data.
- Experience with Leaflet, OpenLayers, Cesium , ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, STK, SIMDIS, Global Mapper, ENVI, QT Modeler and/or SocetGXP.
- Development using Agile development practices.
- Experience working on-site at a customer location.
- Experience working in DOD / IC.
- Advanced education in Math, Physics.
In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $131,000.00 - $219,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
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Maxar Intelligence is a leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights. Operating the most advanced commercial Earth observation constellation on orbit, we use the power of very high-resolution satellite imagery—including from our partners—and software technology to deliver mission success on Earth and in space.
We continue to invest in our industry-leading Earth imaging constellation to provide secure, near real-time access to the highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery. Our exquisite imagery archive includes 20+ years of data, and we’re also integrating third-party remote sensing datasets to complement our foundation. To create the future, we’re using petabytes of data, new software and AI/ML technologies to develop products and solutions that can deliver faster, more actionable insights in 2D and 3D and unlock the potential of a multi-sensor world.
Our secure, AI-powered products and services give our customers a strategic advantage, delivering ground truth in near real-time to keep nations safe, improve navigation, protect our planet, speed up disaster response and more.
Why Work With Us
Maxar Intelligence is a place for problem solvers, changemakers and go-getters—where people are working together to deliver on an ambitious vision for the geospatial industry to transform the way our customers see the world, and in doing so, see themselves differently.
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