Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Requisition Id 16215 **Overview:** We are seeking a Software systems engineer to create state of the art software technologies for use in a wide variety of engineering disciplines, ranging from networked controls used in transactive energy systems to unique modeling and simulation technologies for national security applications. Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports unique research needs for the Department of Energy and other Government agencies with goals ranging from improvements to energy efficiency, transitioning to renewable energy, improving the resiliency of the national electric infrastructure, and bolstering national defense. The Software systems engineer will play an integral role in prototyping, demonstrating, and transitioning to production complex systems to meet these diverse objectives. This position resides in Systems Engineering and Cybernetics Group in the Computational Sciences & Engineering Division of the Computing & Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our research team, you will… **Major Duties/Responsibilities:** - Work with a team to move research concepts from exploratory prototype to delivered system. - Create, test, and maintain software elements of these systems. - Support modelling and simulation activities to exercise software elements. - Support field exercises to demonstrate system capabilities. - Provide technical leadership for software development teams **Basic Qualifications:** - A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or other field relevant to the job duties with 2-4 years of relevant experience. - Competency in Python and C++ programming - Ability to get and hold a security clearance - A commitment to lifelong learning **Preferred Qualifications:** - 5 or more years of experience relevant to the job duties. - Experience with modelling and simulation of complex, interdisciplinary systems - Knowledge of computer architecture, computer network