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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Junior Software Engineer - **Company:** Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory - **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Salary:** $85,000.0 - $195,000.0 - **Contract:** Contract - **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Design of User Interfaces, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Information Technology - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=711735d62fae4909 ## About the Role * Have a BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field * Have 3 years of experience in software development/engineering, preferably with experience in object-oriented programming. * Have strong oral and written communication skills. * Are willing and able to travel occasionally to attend meetings or test events at government or contractor sites. * Can obtain an Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and are able to obtain a final Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have an MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field * Have 5+ years of experience in software development/engineering in object-oriented programming * Have demonstrated software architecture development experience in complex sensor systems. ## Description Are you looking for an exciting position in software that enables you to take on a variety of challenges? Are you searching for a job that allows you to make innovative contributions to national defense? Are you a creative engineer, who excels at understanding the "big picture"? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. We are seeking a software engineer that will help us develop next generation radar, electronic warfare, and communications technologies for ship, air, ground mobile, and space applications. As a member of the Sensor Modeling and Realtime Software Section within the Sensor Technologies Group, you'll be joining a multi-disciplined team, that is advancing the state-of-the-art. This position provides opportunities to contribute to various teams and collaborate with leading experts from government laboratories and industry to develop new sensing technologies. If you share our passion and excitement for being at the forefront of advanced sensor technologies, we want to talk to you! Your contributions, creative ideas, and passion for teaming on exciting projects will help craft, build, and drive your future success. Here is just a glimpse of what will keep you engaged. As a Junior Software Engineer, you will... * Participate in teams to architect and develop innovative applications including advanced signal processing, complex control software, user interfaces, and embedded applications. You will also work with staff and sponsors to conceive, develop, and validate the concepts needed to enable future air and missile defense systems that will be essential to the nation's defense. * Work in a variety of teams to build new applications, algorithms, software, user-interfaces, etc. * Participate in the full software life cycle; defining requirements, architecting processing flow, developing algorithms, integrating with experimental hardware, and testing. * Research and experiment with new programming technologies and explore creative new applications for software technologies. * Collaborate with experts across the field to research novel techniques and solve complex multi-disciplined challenges. ## Related Videos - [AI Agents & Agentic AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2017-ai-agents-agentic-ai) - [Perfect Pitch: Unveiling the Mathematical Symphony Behind a Guitar Tuner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1095-perfect-pitch-unveiling-the-mathematical-symphony-behind-a-guitar-tuner) - [Swapping a Data Warehouse at Runtime: Zero-Downtime Migration Without Changing a Single Client](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100311-swapping-a-data-warehouse-at-runtime-zero-downtime-migration-without-changing-a-single-client) - [You’re a great coder? 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