Riverside Overview

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems. All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Position Overview

Riverside Research is currently seeking a Software Engineering Intern/Co Op to support our Radar Assessment and Development Group.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

Required 

• US Citizenship required, ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance• 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• 3.2 GPA or higherDesired

• 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 naïve-bayes or decision trees • Some experience in text analytics using Natural language processing libraries and open source tools

Global Comp

$20.00 - $36.00 This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees. Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.