<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; ">SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER<br><br>Title: Software Developer (full-time position)<br>Location: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA<br>Start Date: Immediate<br><br>Want to help NASA map Mars and the Moon? Want to build teraflop image<br>processing pipelines that will run on NASA's supercomputers? Want to help<br>set an example that will define the course of NASA open source software<br>development?<br><br>The NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group (<a href="http://irg.arc.nasa.gov" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">irg.arc.nasa.gov</a>) has an<br>immediate opening for a full-time senior software developer to help create<br>the next generation planetary ground data system and automated satellite<br>image processing pipeline. This is a high-profile, high-impact opportunity<br>to co-develop software that will make a difference in how we explore<br>space. This software is already being used by NASA mission engineers, the<br>planetary science community, and the general public through Google<br>Mars/Moon, Microsoft World Wide Telescope, and other cutting-edge science<br>and outreach platforms.<br><br>Applicants should hold a B.S. (or higher) in Computer Science and have<br>excellent software engineering and system development skills. A strong<br>background in UNIX development and open-source tools is required.<br><br> - 2+ years of experience as lead software developer<br><br> - 2+ years of software development experience with C++ and Python.<br> Experience with C++ template and generic programming idioms is a major<br> plus<br><br>In addition, knowledge in one (or more) of the following areas is greatly<br>preferred:<br><br> - distributed computing, multi-threaded and parallel processing<br><br> - geospatial data systems (KML, GIS, GDAL, proj.4, etc.)<br><br> - linear algebra and statistics, plus some knowledge of optimization,<br> estimation, and probablistic methods<br><br> - computer vision (camera models, stereo vision, lidar, 2D/3D mosaicking)<br><br>If you are interested in applying for this position, please send the<br>following via email:<br><br> - a letter describing your background and software experience<br><br> - a detailed resume (PDF or text)<br><br> - contact details for two (or more) references<br><br>to Dr. Terry Fong <<a href="mailto:terry.fong@nasa.gov" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">terry.fong@nasa.gov</a>>.<br><br>The NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) is dedicated to enabling<br>humans and robots to explore and learn about extreme environments, remote<br>locations, and uncharted worlds. IRG conducts applied research in a wide<br>range of areas with an emphasis on robotics systems science and field<br>testing. IRG's expertise includes applied computer vision (navigation,<br>planetary mapping, automated science support), interactive 3D user<br>interfaces, robot software architecture, and planetary rovers. Recent<br>projects include:<br><br> Mars in Google Earth <a href="http://earth.google.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://earth.google.com</a><br> Moon in Google Earth <a href="http://moon.google.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://moon.google.com</a><br> NASA Vision Workbench <a href="http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/visionworkbench" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/<wbr>visionworkbench</a><br> GigaPan Robotic Camera <a href="http://gigapan.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://gigapan.org</a><br> Robotic Recon Field Test <a href="http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/roboticrecon" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://lunarscience.nasa.<wbr>gov/roboticrecon</a></span></span><div apple-content-edited="true"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>