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Scientific Programmer/Software Engineer

Riverside Research · National Security · Research Institutes · Travel required · Bachelor's Degree · TS/SCI · Python · C · C++ · Fortran · 1 day ago
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≈ $105k – $206k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (Fairfax)
Seniority
Middle · 3+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 28, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026.

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Riverside Research

Riverside Research is an independent not-for-profit national security research organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that performs research, prototyping and technical advisory work for US defense and intelligence agencies. Founded in 1967, it works across machine learning, trusted and secure systems, optics and photonics, electromagnetics, plasma physics, radar and radio frequency systems and biomedical engineering, with sites in Dayton and Beavercreek, Ohio, Lexington, Massachusetts, Fairfax, Virginia and Champaign, Illinois. It hires cyber security scientists, cryptography and formal methods researchers, remote sensing and RF engineers, software engineers and program managers.
riversideresearch.org · HQ: Arlington, United States · National Security · Research Institutes · 201-500 employees · Est. 1967
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Required Qualifications:

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
  • Education and Experience:
    • Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computational Science or closely related field with software development experience
    • Bachelor's with 3+ years of experience, or
    • Master's with 0+ years of experience
    • Relevant years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
  • Familiarity with Python, Unix shell scripting and similar languages
  • Familiarity with version control software applications
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team
  • Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, written and verbal
  • Willingness to learn and perform other duties as assigned
  • Ability to travel (less than 10%)

Desired Qualifications:

  • Active Security Clearance, TS/SCI(with poly preferred)
  • Experience working collaboratively on software development
  • Experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Experience with parallel programming on high-performance computers (MPI and/or OpenMP)
  • Programming experience with low-level languages like C, C++ and/or Fortran
  • Familiarity with software development on and for Linux or other Unix-like systems
  • Experience developing cross-platform (Windows and Linux) software
  • Experience developing software for scientific applications
  • Familiarity with linear algebra and numerical solutions techniques or numerical algorithms
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