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Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. With revenues of $125M+, and a staff of more than 630, Riverside Research provides high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems. Riverside Research also supports advanced technical education and collaborates widely with university researchers. The company was formed from a respected research laboratory at Columbia University and has a current focus on technical areas including Radar systems, Optics and Photonics, Electromagnetics, Plasma physics, Geoint, Masint, Systems Engineering, and Modeling & Simulation. Riverside Research's open innovation R&D model encourages both internal and external collaboration to accelerate innovation, advance science, and expand market opportunities. In 2015, Riverside Research expanded its facility in Dayton, OH, adding a 30,000 square-foot Open Innovation Center (OIC). The OIC is a collaborative R&D environment that fosters creativity, synergy, and ultimately delivers innovative solutions to current and anticipated challenges. The OIC sets the standard for collaborative innovation and is dedicated to promoting research across the company. Riverside Research has additional research facilities in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Centreville, VA; and Champaign, IL.
Job Number: 927 Riverside Research is currently seeking a Software Engineering Intern/Co Op to support our Radar Assessment and Development Lab in Lexington, MA, and Champagne, IL. Positions are available during Spring, Summer, and Fall of 2021. All positions with Riverside Research require U.S. citizenship. Job Duties:- Full life-cycle software development participation, from requirements collection and generation to software design, implementation, deployment, and support
- Areas of focus may include application user-interface and experience, database management, and both client-side and server-side development
- Collaborate with project manager and other development team members to develop high-quality software for applications accessed on desktop environments primarily, with an eye for extensibility out to mobile and web access in the future
- Ability to work directly with databases and other data stores in order to collect information and potentially perform certain levels of statistical analysis
- Other duties as assigned
- Basic understanding of current principles, practices, and procedures with respect to software application design and development
- Good technical documentation skills
- Good troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Desire to grow and learn new technologies and skills in order to expand skillset
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret security clearance (Current US citizen, no felony record, no illegal drug use, no serious financial issues)
- Basic understanding of dependency injection, software services, and componentization of designs
- Experience in object-oriented software engineering design and implementation
- Understanding of web services and related security
- Previous work and experience with object-oriented software technologies and frameworks such as Java, Kotlin, and the Spring Framework
- Previous work with web-based technologies, libraries, and frameworks, including JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, AJAX, XML, JSON, CSS, and HTML
- Previous work with user interface, user experience, and responsive design and implementation
- Knowledge of and experience with RESTful APIs.
- Basic understanding of agile software development methodologies
- Experience with source control systems, such as Git, and lifecycle systems such as JIRA and Confluence
- Ability to work on tasks independently and adhere to milestone dates
- Some experience developing machine learning algorithms (un- or supervised learning, neural nets, random forests, etc)
- Some experience taking data, labeling data, and performing trade studies on feature sets required to provide optimal results in a machine learning pipeline
- Some experience developing classification models using nave-bayes or decision trees
- Some experience in text analytics using Natural language processing libraries and open source tools
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