Software Engineer

Riverside Research

United States, New York, New York

156 William Street (Show on map)

Feb 17, 2026

Software Engineer

Location

US-NY-New York

ID

2026-4130

Category

Research & Development

Position Type

Full Time Salary

Riverside Overview

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems.

All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Position Overview

Riverside Research's Applied Mathematics and Physics Solutions group is seeking a Scientific Programmer/Software Engineer to support development of high-performance large scale scientific simulation codes. The candidate will implement and test new techniques that advance the state-of-the-art in defense industry computational electromagnetic (CEM) tools. Work will be performed in collaboration with a diverse team, with backgrounds in CEM, physics, computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and high-performance computing (HPC) at our facilities in Ohio (Dayton), New York (NYC), and Illinois (Champaign).

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

Supports all aspects of the software development lifecycle from requirements, design, development, documentation, testing (validation and verification) and debugging efficient scientific software applications

Maintains code quality by participating in peer reviews of software and helping develop unit tests, verification and validation test plans, and performing validation and verification
Applies new methods, algorithms, or processes, and evaluates and communicates conclusions
Assists in establishing and maintaining standards and best practices for software development
Evaluates new industry standards and best practices for suitable adoption
Becomes a subject matter expert in computational methods, software engineering, high performance computing, applied mathematics/physics, and/or modeling and simulation
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
Education and Experience:

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computational Science or closely related field with software development experience
Bachelor's with 5+ years of experience, or
Master's with 3+ years of experience
PhD with 0+ years of experience
Relevant years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Applied programming experience with low-level languages like C, C++ and/or Fortran
Applied software development on and for Linux or other Unix-like systems
Applied experience coding with Python, Unix shell scripting and similar languages for software development
Experienced with version control software applications
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, written and verbal
Willingness to learn and perform other duties as assigned
Ability to travel (less than 10%)

Desired Qualifications:

Active Security Clearance, TS/SCI(with poly preferred)
Experience working collaboratively on software development
Experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Experience with parallel programming on high-performance computers (MPI and/or OpenMP)
Experience developing cross-platform (Windows and Linux) software
Additional STEM degree in physics, electrical engineering, or applied mathematics or experience developing software for scientific applications
Familiarity with linear algebra and numerical solutions techniques or numerical algorithms
Familiarity with electromagnetic wave theory

Global Comp

$180,000 - $220,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran's status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.