Research Software Engineer (Hybrid Eligible)

Requisition Id 13498 

 

Overview:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the United States Department of Energy's largest science and energy laboratory tasked to provide the United States government agencies and departments with technology and expertise to support national and homeland security needs. 

 

Our diverse capabilities span scientific and engineering disciplines, enabling the Laboratory to explore fundamental science challenges and to carry out the research needed to accelerate the delivery of solutions to the marketplace. 

 

We invite applications for the position of Research Software Engineer in the Software Engineering Group within the Computer Science and Mathematics Division.

 

The Software Engineering group focuses on engineering the next generation of high-quality scientific software.  Our group innovates and inspires the next generation of cutting-edge scientific software, thus enabling Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to host the world’s premier scientific software engineering group and transform science with software-defined solutions that are reliable, usable, and trustworthy.

 

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 6,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of open-source software on scientific projects and original research including scientific papers, reports, and other artifacts.

• Work closely with stakeholders to meet their software requirements, address bugs, and achieve their scientific goals.

• Deploy, maintain, and support web applications, servers, and cloud development platforms in support of scientific projects.

• Participate in the roadmap, vision, and strategy for enhancing software quality.

• Mentor students to help them grow.

• Participate in developing the strategic direction of research software engineering at ORNL.

 

Basic Requirements:

• A BS degree in computer science, or a scientific or technical field.

• Previous experience with modern object-oriented programming languages including C++, Java or Python, outside of degree.

• Software development experience in computational science, engineering, computer science, or applied math.

 

Preferred Requirements:

• MS degree preferred.

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• The ability to work on a team in a dynamic group environment as the team meets daily, practices Continuous Integration, collaborates on the source code and has regular deadlines.

• Prior experience developing or contributing to large, complex software systems. Activity within the broader open-source software community would be looked upon favorably but is not required.

• Experience with software development methodologies, such as version control systems like Git and Subversion, and knowledge of UML.

• Experience using multiple languages, including the following: C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Fortran.

• Familiarity with testing methodologies, writing and implementing manual