Principal Software Engineer, Geospatial Mission Systems Remote / Telecommute Jobs at MAG AerospaceMAG Aerospace · Anywhere

Workplace: Remote

Type: contract

Posted: 2026-11-03

Skills: JavaScript, Python, Java, SQLPrincipal Software Engineer, Geospatial Mission SystemsMAG Aerospace is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Geospatial Mission Systems to design, build, integrate, and sustain mission-critical situational-awareness software. This person will serve as a technical lead and subject-matter expert for applications that ingest radar and sensor data, manage geospatial information, and present air and surface tracks through intuitive map-based interfaces.The role remains close to implementation. The engineer will contribute production code, guide architecture, troubleshoot complex integration issues, and translate operational needs into reliable, fielded capability. Success requires equal strength in software engineering, geospatial systems, technical leadership, and customer partnership.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesLead the architecture, development, integration, and sustainment of geospatial and situational-awareness applications supporting defense and mission operations.Design and maintain client, server, database, and service components within distributed software architectures.Develop map-based user interfaces and data-visualization capabilities for manned and unmanned air, surface, ground, subsurface, and related operational tracks.Integrate software with radars, sensors, external data feeds, and mission-system interfaces.Build and refine geospatial components using vector, terrain, imagery, and open-source mapping data.Design solutions for geospatial data storage, querying, transformation, dissemination, and display.Evaluate and incorporate new mapping technologies, open standards, data formats, and open-source components.Translate customer and operator needs into software requirements, technical designs, prototypes, and production releases.Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, including design reviews, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and sustainment.Diagnose complex software, data, network, and systems-in…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst