Computer Scientist

Radiance Technologies is an employee-owned company with benefits that are unmatched by most companies in the Dayton OH area. Employee ownership, generous 401K, full health/dental/life/vision insurance benefits, interesting assignments, educational reimbursement, competitive salaries and a pleasant work environment combine to make Radiance Technologies a great place to work and succeed.

Radiance is seeking a talented Software Engineer to support the development, integration, and optimization of advanced scientific computing applications and Electro-Optical & Infrared (EO/IR) sensor Modeling and Simulation (M&S) technologies. This role will contribute to the evaluation, development, and integration of capabilities within an existing MATLAB and Rust software environment. In this role you will work closely with a team of software engineers and subject matter experts to extend and integrate physics-based M&S capabilities.     

The ideal candidate will have strong scientific programming experience, proficiency with compiled languages, and experience working in Linux and Windows environments. Experience with Rust, CUDA, and high-performance computing is highly desirable. This position is ideal for a software engineer interested in scientific computing, high-performance software development, and next-generation sensing technologies. 

• Develop and maintain scientific computing software applications. 

• Evaluate existing EO/IR camera models developing improvements for accuracy and efficiency. 

• Design, develop, and integrate solutions into existing software frameworks. 

• Develop and integrate custom physics-based models under the guidance of phenomenology subject matter experts. 

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate capabilities into existing Rust codebases. 

• Convert and optimize existing MATLAB code bases into compiled RUST applications for CPU and GPU processing. 

• Optimize computational performance for CPU- and GPU-based applications. 

• Contribute to software testing, validation, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) efforts. 

• Utilize version control and software development best practices throughout the development lifecycle. 

• Support deployment and operational use of developed algorithms and software solutions. 

Required Qualifications 

• US Citizen, eligible and willing to obtain a TS/SCI Security Clearance. 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field. 

• Experience with scientific programming and computational software development. 

• Proficiency with one or more compiled programming languages (such as C++, Rust, or similar). 

• Experience developing software in both Linux and Windows environments. 

• Experience with one or more scientific computing tools, including MATLAB and or Python. 

• Experience using Git or other version control systems. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Rust software development, including at least two years of experience developing and deploying operational Rust applications or algorithms. 

• GPU acceleration and optimization using CUDA. 

• CPU performance optimization and high-performance computing techniques. 

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and DevOps practices. 

• Real-time signal processing, sensor modeling, or simulation environments. 

• Event-based cameras or event-based sensing technologies. 

• Experience working with EO/IR sensor data and radiative transfer models. 

• Understanding of EO/IR sensor phenomenology and atmospheric effects. 

• Active Secret or Top-Secret Security Clearance. 

Desired Technical Skills 

• Rust 

• MATLAB 

• Python 

• CUDA 

• Git 

• Scientific computing 

• GPU and CPU performance optimization 

• CI/CD pipelines 

• Remote Sensing Fundamentals