Location: Pasadena, CA 91109
Full/Part-time: Full-time
Pay Range: $50.70 - $93.85/hr
Duration: 9 months or longer
Work schedule: 9/80 – 1st shift – Eligible for 2 days telework
Citizenship: US Citizen
Travel: None
Summary:
SSAI Seeks a Web Developer IV to support work at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (JPL) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (NASA) in Pasadena, CA. This candidate’s responsibilities include:
- Work with team members of the Visualization Lab to create, maintain and enhance 3D applications to visualize spacecraft and planets.
- Collaborate with application and engine developers, testers and artists.
- Work independently and with limited supervision on key assignments.
- Follow applicable policies, procedures and best practices.
- Contribute as a team member on teams inside or outside the organization.
- Communicate effectively.
- Maintain development skill sets via continuous education and learning.
- Work on various projects including visualizations of the Solar System, Exoplanets or Earth missions on different platforms.
Required Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline with at least 3 years of related experience or Master’s degree with 1 year of experience.
- Experience in the full life-cycle development of front-end apps.
- Extensive knowledge in JavaScript ES6+, HTML5 and CSS3.
- Proficient in object-oriented programming.
- Experience building responsive websites.
- Experience in creating self-contained, reusable, documented and testable modules and components.
- Experience in supporting tooling – Git, GitHub.
- Experience developing application within the Node ecosystem (npm, yarn) and experience with application packaging (Webpack).
- Proficient in client-side JavaScript debugging.
- Good knowledge of Unix, shell scripting and data manipulation.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in data visualization.
- Experience in mobile application development.
- Experience in Three.js, Unity or other 3D engine.
- Experience in WebGL.
- Strong experience in mathematics for 3D graphics.
- Experience in image processing.
- Experience in writing shaders.
- Experience with VR and AR.
- Experience with 3D art pipelines and material composition.
- Experience with Blender including scripting.
- Experience with Front-end UI Frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, etc.).
- Experience in User Interface development.
- Experience in UI/UX design.
- Experience in data pipelines.
- Experience with Amazon Web Services.
- Experience with additional programming languages (C++, C#, Python).
- Experience with NAIF Spice.
- Orbital Dynamics experience a plus.
About our client:
Our client is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech. JPL manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system, and our universe.
This client is requiring that all new hires show proof of vaccination. However, accommodations may be made for those with medical or religious reasons and are unable to obtain a vaccine.
About SSAI:
As a leading provider of support services for more than 45 years, our expert professionals share a commitment to providing solutions for the unique needs of each client.
Benefits: We offer paid time off, holidays, 401k, medical, dental, and vision.
At a minimum, a 7-year background check, education verification, employment verification, and drug screen will be conducted upon hire. Your suitability for employment is contingent upon successfully passing these required pre-employment screenings.
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is the match for this position, please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!
EEO- including disability/vets
Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
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