Senior​/Principal R&D Computer Scientist - Space Domain Awareness, Colorado Springs, CO, Onsite

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You will provide software development, build engineering, cyber engineering, and other technology capabilities for a space domain awareness program. You will work closely with a team that includes onsite collaborators at the sponsor’s location in Colorado Springs and peers based out of our main offices in Albuquerque, NM. Your contributions will directly support national security by delivering high‑quality software solutions for critical space domain awareness missions.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a frontline team tackling significant technical challenges in the space domain awareness field. Working onsite with the sponsor will give you firsthand insight and impact on this important work. You will have opportunities to grow your technical expertise, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to innovative solutions that advance Sandia’s mission.

Work with an Agile team of developers to develop and deliver high test readiness level (TRL) software to the customer using object‑oriented design and continuous integration/delivery methods.

Collaborate with developers, technical leads, and colleagues across organizations to collect requirements, design solutions, and deliver extensible software applications.

Work on image processing and data‑centric research and development projects.

Deliver software builds to other sites, including installation and testing.

Use debugging tools, static analysis tools, test harnesses, and other capabilities to troubleshoot and fix complex software applications and libraries.

Engage with diverse specialists in areas such as image processing, analytics, modeling and simulation, service‑oriented architectures, data management, and visualization.

This position is based in Colorado Springs, CO, and requires five days onsite each week. Some travel is expected.

$108,600 - $216,600

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.

Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q and SCI clearance which may require a polygraph test.

The ideal R&D S&E, Computer Science candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

Graduate degree in Computer Science or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).

Demonstrated software development skills and familiarity with modern software development practices and tools (e.g., Agile).

Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work…