Assistant Staff: Software Developer
Date: Jun 15, 2026
Location: Lexington, MA, US
Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
The Applied Space Systems Group (Group 97) develops environmental monitoring sensor systems for detecting and tracking natural and man-made phenomena. As such, this group's activities include: the extraction of target and feature information from airborne and space-borne hyperspectral imagery; system support of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) environmental satellites in performance analysis and improvement of existing sensors and products; architecture definition and sensor development support for next-generation U.S. Government satellite systems; and chemical agent detection sensor system development. Work includes system and architecture analysis, sensor hardware development, signal processing, data analysis, and algorithm development.
Job Description
The Applied Space Systems Group is seeking to hire an Assistant Staff software developer to support various Electro-Optical and Radio-Frequency remote sensing applications. Candidate will work closely with other staff members to build robust signal and image processing algorithms and visualization tools. Experience with parallel processing desired. Candidate should have excellent written and oral communication skills and will be required to successfully attain and hold a TS/SCI level clearance.
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 0 - 3 years professional industry or research experience in software development
- Experience with software application development and container implementation
- Strong Python skills for scientific computing, data processing, or algorithm development
- Familiarity with modern software development practices, including Git, testing, and documentation
- Experience working in Linux/Unix environments
- Exposure to application development and containerization tools such as Docker
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with scientific computing in Python; familiarity with Julia and compiled languages such as Rust, C/C++ or Go
- Exposure to scalable or parallel computing workflows (e.g., multiprocessing, distributed computing, GPU acceleration, or modern data-processing frameworks)
- Familiarity with ML/AI tooling for image analysis, including frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn
- Experience with image processing and registration techniques
- Familiarity with image processing libraries such as OpenCV or scikit-image
- Experience working with geospatial or scientific data formats (e.g., GeoTIFF, HDF5, NetCDF)
- Exposure to cloud, HPC, or large-scale compute environments
- Familiarity with modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD and automated testing
- Background in remote sensing, geospatial analytics, or satellite imagery processing
Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $100,200-$120,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $100,200-$150,000
Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including—but not limited to—the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.
At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
- MIT-funded pension
- Matching 401K
- Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
- Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
- Mentorship programs
- A range of work-life balance options
- ... and much more!
Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.
Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.
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