Since its founding in 1975, TRI has grown to 13 wholly-owned subsidiaries employing over 120 scientists, engineers, technicians, and support personal around the world. TRI’s headquarters is located on a 20-acre campus in the Austin hill country with additional locations in the Austin area and operations in California, South Carolina, Florida, Australasia, Brazil, China and Africa.TRI’s 13 operating businesses encompass a wide array of services and products and technologies as well as provides analytical testing and lab services for many industries. Our testing laboratories specialize in compressed air and gas analysis, geosynthetic materials testing, geotechnical materials characterization, erosion control materials testing, plastic pipe characterization, and evaluation of protective clothing. TRI is active in the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program with a focus on applied material sciences in the areas of polymer chemistry, mechanical and electrical engineering, composite material design and analysis, and non-destructive testing and evaluation of materials. TRI companies have vast experience with contracted research and development projects for government agencies including the Department of Defense, and the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program. We also work closely with a broad range of private sector clients. Once products and technologies are developed, we evaluate and execute the appropriate business models to best ensure success. Our clients have access to extensive experience, innovation and resources that lead to solutions, creating an added value critical for long term relationships.

Job description

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Texas Research Institute (TRI) Austin is seeking a software developer. As a software developer at TRI Austin, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining small software packages for analyzing and managing large scientific and engineering datasets. Your primary function will be to help make TRI’s internally developed engineering code base (Matlab, Python, C++) more usable, maintainable, and deployable. Most developed software is intended to and will remain open source.

Headquartered in southwest Austin, TX, TRI Austin has been successfully performing research and development for over 45 years. We are a small (~40 employees) company which focueses on developing advanced materials, sensors, nondestructive evaluation techniques, and materials testing. Please visit our website at https://tri-austin.com.

This position is located in the United States Virgin Islands. The applicant should be a resident of the USVI. No relocation offers will be made. Funding for this position is provided by U.S. Government DoD contracts. Funding is expected to continue, but is subject to change due to contract turnover and renewal.

Requirements

The ability to acquire and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance is mandatory for this position. For additional information, see: https://www.dcsa.mil/mc/pv/fso/faqs/

Required Expertise

Software development and programming in both C++ and Python
Strong mathematics skills
GUI development
Development in both Windows 7/10 and Linux
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science
Eligible for DoD security clearance

Preferred Expertise

Algorithm development
3rd party software interfaces
Hardware-software interfaces (data collection, motion control, automation, etc.)
Interest in software architecture, patterns, and state of the art optimization techniques

TRI Austin is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. TRI Austin is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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