Research Engineer III - Software Developer Job Ann Arbor area,Michigan USA,Software Development

Michigan Technological University is an R1 technological research university founded in 1885 in Houghton. Our rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's scenic Upper Peninsula and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’sflagship technological university offers more than 185 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Research focus areas include defense, health, energy, automotive,environment, and aerospace.

The area’s waters, forests, and snowfall support year-round recreation, including skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, and paddling. The University is an integral part of the region,supported by a friendly and welcoming community that takes pride inbeing a true college town. We embrace our size, climate, sense of adventure, and originality.

Summary

MTRI is seeking a motivated professional to help support multiple projects for our government and commercial customers. The Software Developer will work with senior engineers and scientists to research, develop, and evaluate algorithms for a variety of signaland/or image processing applications. The successful candidate willhave a solid background in computer science with strong skills in software prototyping, software design, and deployment. The position is on-site, located at MTRI in Ann Arbor, MI ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

Responsibilities

and Essential Duties

Participate as an integral team member on multi-disciplinary research relating to applying technological skills to solvinggovernmental and societal needs.

Provide technical, analytical and numerical support for research and development projects in the areas of mathematics, statistics,programming, electrical engineering, remote sensing, andsignal processing.

Lead software development projects and coordinate teams ofjunior software developers.

Develop software to prototype and evaluate signal processing,remote sensing, and/or machine learning algorithms.

Assist with defining software objectives by analyzing user requirements, system features, and functionality.

Recommend software solutions by comparing the pros and cons ofcustom versus off-the-shelf alternatives.

Coordinate requirements and schedules, contribute to team meetings, troubleshoot development and production problems.

Develop software documentation and assistance tools.

Continue to improve performance by being aware of new technologies and software products, participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations.

Accept ownership of, and responsibility for responding to, newand varied requests.

Assist research staff with deployment of cloud computingarchitectures for data processing.

Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work. Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.

Required Education, Certifications, Licensures

Master’s degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, electrical engineering, or a similarrelated field, and 5 years of professional software development experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering,mathematics, geospatial data science, electrical engineering, or asimilar related field, and 8 years professional software development experience

Required Experience

Experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation ofalgorithms.

Professional experience in software development.

Proficiency in at least one of the following:
Python, C++,MATLAB,

Proficient in at least three of the following: appliedmathematics, physics, electrical engineering, software design,signal processing, image processing, machine…