Raytheon is seeking a Geospatial Software Engineer for the Next Gen Water Prediction Capability (NGWPC) program to build a scalable, operational-quality Next Generation Water Resources Modeling Framework, hydrologic and hydraulic model formulations, upgraded Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) capabilities, and an underlying enterprise hydrofabric used in operational National Water Model (NWM) and flood forecasting operations.
Requirements
- Experience with geospatial or data-intensive backend systems at enterprise scale.
- Experience in one or more operating systems, integrated development environments (IDEs), and Python for geospatial data processing.
- Experience developing test automation scripts to include automated unit testing, automated regression testing, automated integration, and automated security testing.
- Experience integrating software (modules, components, subsystems) and conducting system/software integration and testing of software products.
- Experience with raster and/or vector data, coordinate reference systems (CRS), and/or common formats such as GeoTIFF, NetCDF, and/or COGs.
- Experience with geospatial libraries and tools including GDAL/OGR, GeoPandas, Xarray, and/or Zarr.
- Hands-on experience with remote sensing datasets (Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS, Planet Labs, Iceye) and processing techniques.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and process spatial natural resource data and satellite imagery using GIS techniques.
- Design and develop scalable geospatial services in Python, leveraging formats such as STAC, Zarr, and GeoTIFFs.
- Design and deploy geospatial data services to cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Analyzes systems requirements and design specifications.
- Performs conceptual design, detailed design, code, and unit test and may involve database analysis, design, and implementation.
- Apply best practices for clean, maintainable code, rigorous testing, and continuous integration.
- Tests, debugs, and refine the computer software to produce the required product.
Other
- Travel to Dulles, VA facility as needed for customer activities.
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Cartography, GIS, Computer Science or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
- The successful candidate for this role will be required to reside and work from one of the 50 U.S. states (excluding U.S. territories).
- Experience with Agile/scrum, continuous integration and automated test frameworks and well versed with SDLC including best practices and procedures.
