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National Radio Astronomy Observatory Title: Software Engineer Group Lead, Common Domain Software Location: NRAO Headquarters, 520 Edgemont Rd, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, United States of America - 800 Bradbury Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA - 1011 Lopezville Rd, Socorro, NM 87801, USA - 155 Observatory Rd, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA Requisition Number: 221 Job Family: Software Engineer Pay Type: Salary Required Education: ENG Position Description: Position Summary At NRAO, we are recruiting a full-time Software Engineering Group Lead to provide technical leadership, planning, and management for software products and shared software infrastructure that support radio astronomy data acquisition, data movement, processing, and analysis. The group, known as the Common Domain Software Group, will be responsible for developing and maintaining reusable software capabilities, common services, integration patterns, and infrastructure components that can be applied across multiple NRAO systems and projects. The Software Engineering Group Lead will guide short- and long-term planning, coordinate development activities, and help establish engineering practices that improve interoperability, reliability, maintainability, and operational effectiveness. The role includes leading work related to shared software models, system integration, messaging and communication mechanisms, data transport, workflow support, data repositories, service interfaces, deployment approaches, and other software infrastructure needed to support distributed scientific computing environments. The Common Domain Software Group is also responsible for frontline support of existing telescope operations and for the timely and appropriate resolution of real time issues that impede scientific operations at all NRAO sites. In support of operational responsibilities, this group will work to enhance diagnostic and monitoring tools and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to maintain operational performance. The combination of operations and common software under a single Common Domain Software Group Lead allows for the development of foundational software that is efficient and reliable in operations. This position requires close collaboration with scientists, software engineers, systems engineers, operations staff, and project stakeholders to ensure that common software infrastructure is aligned with current operational needs and future observatory capabilities. The group will help identify opportunities to standardize reusable components, reduce duplication, improve system consistency, and support the evolution of NRAO software systems over time. This position can be based at any of our NRAO locations, including Albuquerque, NM, Socorro, NM, Charlottesville, VA, or Green Bank, WV. For well-qualified candidates, a remote work arrangement may be considered. What you will be doing: As the Common Domain Software Engineer Group Lead, you will be responsible for the overall personnel and technical management of software teams responsible for 1) standardized data repositories, 2) system communications, 3) data transport, and 4) frontline 24x7 operational support and integration. You will also be responsible for regular reporting on management status and compliance with deadlines to senior management at NRAO and other participating organizations, and you may be asked to present that status to other stakeholders or advisory bodies in formal or informal reviews. Personnel management involves building and maintaining a culture of trust, mutual collaboration, accountability, and excellence within the Common Domain Software group and with its stakeholders. This includes: - Seeking to increase the technical diversity and expertise of the group through robust recruiting and onboarding practices. - Professional development for existing staff and succession planning. - Ensuring a professional working environment and efficient work processes are maintained through direct line management of staff. - Reviewing timesheets and periodic performance reviews, including interacting with the Human Resources and Business departments of the Observatory when necessary. - Proactive compliance with NRAO and government safety policies and procedures in own work area is expected. - With guidance from the Observatory Human Resource Department, coordinating and advising on personnel matters, ensuring compliance with applicable policies such as affirmative action. - Advising staff on planning, technical, and operational matters, instructs and orienting new employees as necessary. - Interpreting, implementing, developing and/or recommending changes to rules, regulations, policies and procedures set forth by the Observatory. Programmatic management involves oversight of all aspects of the lifecycle of software for which the group is responsible, including: - Gathering of requirements, planning development, assigning tasks, tracking progress, coordinating integration, testing, acceptance, and release while fulfilling high standards of quality. - Managing stakeholder relationships, establishing priorities based on stakeholder needs, and maintaining effective communications. - Ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products by the team that meets stakeholder expectations and schedules. Technical management involves interacting directly with all group members: - Developing the software infrastructure. - Guiding the integration of software components. - Maintaining a consistent view and quality of implementation across all of the software. - Approving technical direction within the team. - Interacting with a team of expert developers and improving on present practices whenever and wherever appropriate. Work Environment Work is typically performed in a research and development office environment. Occasional travel (domestic and international) may be required Who You Are: Education - A Bachelor's degree in computer science, physics, astronomy, or related field. Advanced degree preferred. Experience - You have at least seven years of experience in software development, with at least three or more years of experience managing a software team of three or more people. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered. You must have prior experience in computing data transport and systems communications design and concepts. Skills and Competencies - Strong interpersonal and group communications skills, oral and written. - Familiarity with a wide variety of technologies, such as Java, C, C++, Python, testing frameworks, threading, parallelization. - Ability to translate science requirements into software requirements. - Understanding of software architecture and the implications it has for development. - Must possess strong leadership and delegation capabilities. Ability to maintain and develop productive collaborations across organizations, anticipate and mitigate political and technical issues. - Ability to establish firm, professional, and respectful interactions with staff and stakeholders. - Demonstrated strong initiative in refining and clarifying requirements, defining and implementing QA processes, plan definition and monitoring, defining technical direction, and facilitating alignment. - Ability to learn new areas and apply learning. - Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities. - Familiarity with project management concepts and techniques. Competency Summary As a Software Engineer Group Lead, you are expected to have demonstrated experience leading software development groups, preferably within the domain of astronomy. To be successful, you shall also have experience in leading a distributed team of developers and be familiar with management, planning, and reporting aspects. You should be prepared to deal with already ongoing activities, while also having the ability to formulate a long-term direction. You should have experience balancing the maintenance, improvement, and enhancement of operational software. Planning skills and appropriate management of a team of expert developers and scientists are essential. Competency and experience dealing with the development process from requirements gathering, to development, testing and the formalism needed to achieve an orderly process is also expected. You must be able to build strong and productive relationships with stakeholders who have complex and sometimes conflicting requirements, such as scientists, development partners, and operations organizations. Strong decision-making, consensus building, and communication skills are essential. Additional Requirement Observatory employees must be authorized to work in the United States. Total Rewards: Compensation The starting salary rate of this position is between $123,000-$154,000 per year. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include; education, experience, skills, competencies, other qualifications of the successful candidate, as well as internal equity and labor market conditions. Benefits: Associated Universities, Inc (AUI) offers a comprehensive benefits package addressing the needs of employees and their families with most benefits beginning on the first day of employment, subject to eligibility requirements. AUI provides: . click apply for full job details

National Radio Astronomy Observatory Title: Software Engineer III Location: 1011 Lopezville Rd, Socorro, NM 87801, USA - 5651 Balloon Fiesta Pkwy, Albuquerque, NM 87113, USA - 155 Observatory Rd, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA Requisition Number: 230 Job Family: Software Engineer Pay Type: Salary Required Education: CPP Position Description: Position Summary The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a prestigious research and development organization that plays a vital role in the study of the universe. Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) is a nonprofit organization that manages and operates the NRAO under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The Observatory is a hub for technological and scientific collaboration, operating state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. The Observatory has been instrumental in the study of black holes, galaxies, and the early universe. The NRAO is seeking a full-time software engineer to design, develop and maintain code for their radio interferometer data reduction and analysis pipeline. The pipeline is used for the majority of data processing by users of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. ALMA is now entering a very exciting phase. Over the next several years, ALMA will be undergoing a major upgrade of the array's components - the ALMA Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU). The objective is to increase the system bandwidth by at least a factor of two (and a goal of a factor of four), as well as to improve the sensitivity of most receivers and improve the digital efficiency throughout the signal chain. The position will be based either at our headquarters in Charlottesville, VA; at the Science Operations Center in Socorro, NM; our office in Albuquerque, NM; or at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia. A remote workstation within the United States may be considered for candidates with sufficient experience, who can work independently while still communicating effectively with the team. What You Will be Doing: The ALMA Pipeline Software Engineer is responsible for all aspects of the software engineering lifecycle, from requirements derivation through design, development, testing and maintenance of code used in telescope data processing. You must be capable of formulating complex technical solutions suitable for operational deployment from broad scientific objectives in a research environment. You must possess both software engineering domain knowledge as well as the educational background and ability to understand the basic scientific concepts of radio interferometry. A key responsibility for this position will be improving ALMA quality assurance (QA) processes and the common pipeline infrastructure. All Pipeline development uses a a common infrastructure written in Python, which serves as the foundation of all essential aspects of the Pipeline functionality, including, heuristics-driving data calibration/imaging, weblog-based presentation of workflow and data quality assessment, as well as the final science data product delivery. Work Environment The successful candidate will join a team of professionals engaged in research and development in the fields of science, engineering, software development, and education. Work is typically performed in a research or development environment. Must be able to operate a personal computer. May occasionally work at high altitudes. Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Who You Are: Education - You have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, scientific or related field; highly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree. - While not required, you may have an advanced degree in a related field. Experience - Minimum of three years of experience in the development of software applications; Skills and Competencies - An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and testing frameworks - Experience with large development projects in Python - Experience writing code for data visualization and web presentation - Familiarity with basic astronomical principles and data reduction - Demonstrated ability to learn new scientific concepts and apply them to engineering implementation, ideally in radio astronomy and interferometry - Experience with scientific software development, numerical processing techniques, and mathematical packages such as Python/numpy - Experience with CASA (or similar data reduction package) - Familiarity with High Performance Computing and Big Data concepts including distributed data storage, parallel I/O, parallel processing, and memory caching - Familiarity with software development in Linux, Python, and with version control software Additional Requirement Observatory employees must be authorized to work in the United States. The Observatory presently cannot sponsor H-1B Visas for this position. Total Rewards: Compensation The starting salary of this position is between $79,000 and $120,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include; education, experience, skills, competencies, other qualifications of the successful candidate, as well as internal equity and labor market conditions. Benefits: Associated Universities, Inc (AUI) offers a comprehensive benefits package addressing the needs of employees and their families with most benefits beginning on the first day of employment, subject to eligibility requirements. AUI provides: - Excellent paid time off (13 holidays, annual accrual of up to 24 vacation days) - Medical, dental and vision plans are effective on the first day of employment. - AUI's retirement benefit contributes an amount equal to 10 percent of a qualified participant's base pay with no required employee contribution. - Click Total Rewards for more information. 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National Radio Astronomy Observatory Title: HPC Software Engineer III - UPDATED Location: 800 Bradbury Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA - 1011 Lopezville Rd, Socorro, NM 87801, USA - 155 Observatory Rd, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA Requisition Number: 159 Job Family: Software Engineer Pay Type: Salary Required Education: CPP Position Description: Position Summary The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is an exciting and prestigious research facility that plays a vital role in the study of the universe. NRAO operates a portfolio of world-class research facilities and, as part of its long-term strategic roadmap, is expanding the large-scale computing infrastructure needed to support increasingly data-intensive science. This includes building modern, scalable data-processing systems in partnership with leading high-performance computing (HPC) centers. This effort involves designing and prototyping technical infrastructure and data-processing software that is significantly larger in scale and more complex than any existing NRAO systems, developed in close collaboration with a leading national HPC center. At NRAO, we are recruiting an experienced Software Engineer to design, implement, optimize, and maintain scientific applications and data-processing software executed on large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) systems. This role will prototype, develop, benchmark, and optimize mission-critical HPC software in collaboration with our external computing partners. The role requires demonstrated proficiency in Python and C++, experience with parallel and distributed computing frameworks, and the ability to collaborate closely with domain scientists, systems engineers, and HPC support personnel. The successful candidate will contribute to the full software lifecycle from requirements analysis and algorithmic design through implementation, testing, optimization, and long-term maintainability within a performance-critical, research-driven environment. This position ideally will be based either in Albuquerque, NM, or Socorro, NM but could also be based at our Charlottesville, VA or Green Bank, WV locations. For well qualified candidates, a remote work arrangement may be considered. What You Will be Doing The primary focus of this position will be prototyping, profiling and optimized cutting edge software for RADPS within the Data Processing group. Immediate activities may include (but are not limited to): Software Design and Development - Develop high-performance scientific software in C++ and Python, including numerical algorithms, data-analysis pipelines, and simulation components. - Implement scalable solutions leveraging modern parallel programming. - Build Python interfaces, bindings, and workflow tooling around high-performance C++ cores. - Design modular, maintainable, and testable codebases following established software engineering best practices. Performance Engineering and Optimization - Profile, benchmark, and optimize HPC applications for multi-core and distributed-memory systems. - Improve algorithmic efficiency, memory usage, I/O patterns, and data-movement behavior to achieve target throughput and scalability. - Work with HPC system engineers to tune application performance for specific architectures. Scientific Workflow and Data Pipeline Development - Create robust, automated workflows for large-scale simulations, experiments, or data-processing tasks. - Integrate software with HPC schedulers, containerization technologies, and workflow engines. - Implement data ingestion, transformation, and storage strategies for multi-terabyte to petabyte-scale datasets. Work Environment The successful candidate will join a team of professionals engaged in research and development in the fields of science, engineering, software development, and education. Work is typically performed in a research or development environment. Must be able to operate a personal computer. May occasionally work at high altitudes. Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Who You Are: - You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field - While not required, you may have an advanced degree in a related field (Ph.D. preferred for research-intensive domains). - You have at least three or more years of experience . Competency Summary - Strong proficiency in Python and modern C++. - Experience with parallel programming paradigms and performance-profiling tools. - Familiarity with Linux development environments, version control, software build systems, and automated testing frameworks. - Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and scientific stakeholders - Prior contributions to open-source scientific computing libraries encouraged preferred. - Demonstrated experience developing scientific or numerical software for HPC systems. - Experience with workflow orchestration frameworks and HPC schedulers. - Background in numerical methods, computational physics, signal processing, or other scientific domains relevant to the organization. - Experience with large-scale data management strategies and parallel I/O libraries. - Familiarity with container technologies and reproducible science practices. - Experience with software engineering principles, working within an Agile framework, and experience in the complete product lifecycle are preferred. Additional Requirement Observatory employees must be authorized to work in the United States. Total Rewards: Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) offers a comprehensive total rewards package for this position, subject to eligibility requirements. We are committed to serving our employees and their families with an extensive and competitive compensation and benefits package that supports our employees' overall well-being and career growth. Compensation AUI strives to attract and retain dedicated, highly qualified, competent, and motivated employees by offering competitive compensation and recognition for performance. For open rank positions, the starting salary/hourly rates for each level is between: - Position level 3 $79,000 and $120,000 Benefits AUI's benefits package addresses the needs of employees and their families with most benefits beginning on the first day of employment. AUI provides excellent paid time off (13 holidays, annual accrual of up to 24 vacation days and 15 sick days, additional time off for doctor/dentist visits, and 8 weeks of paid parental leave). Medical, dental and vision plans are effective on the first day of employment. AUI's retirement benefit contributes an amount equal to 10 percent of a qualified participant's base pay with no required employee contribution; we also offer an optional supplemental, tax-deferred plan for employee retirement contributions. Application Instructions: Select the "Apply Now" button. Please be prepared to upload your current CV/Resume and a cover letter describing interest and suitability for the position Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: AUI is an equal opportunity employer. To view our complete statement, please visit . If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may submit your request by sending an email to . 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