ERT is seeking a mid-level Scientific Software Engineer to support NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) National Geodetic Survey (NGS) by providing development, maintenance, and support for VDatum, a suite of programs used to facilitate conversion of coordinates between two vertical datums.
Requirements
- JAVA and Python programming languages, web development, software development lifecycles, and software versioning.
Responsibilities
- Upload data into NGS’s VDatum database, improve the algorithms used for datum transformations, implement solutions, and provide formal documentation for using the software
- Audit, test, and evaluate locally developed software enhancements, fixes, and patches.
- Provide web content, web development and support for distribution of the VDatum software and outreach/training materials, and customer support.
- Provide analysis, solutions, and implementation strategies to improve system performance, efficiency, and technology relevance.
- Development, maintenance, and issue resolution of the VDatum website, which provides VDatum distribution, outreach/educational materials, and customer support.
- Interact with NGS subject matter experts, identify new requirements, and provide enhancements to underlying software and web pages as needed.
- Modernize VDatum conversion and transformation capabilities to be in sync with other NOAA geodetic software, such as NCAT.
Other
- 6 - 8 years of relevant experience
- Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States at least 3 out of the last 5 years and be able to pass a background investigation to obtain a security badge to access applicable government facilities and systems.
- Bachelors of Science degree in Mathematics or Geodesy or related science or equivalent
- This is a fully remote position supporting work in Silver Spring, MD.
