Software Developer Co-Op

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is seeking students to join our software development co-op program in Raleigh, NC. You will start supporting our Business Applications (BA) team. The BA team uses Microsoft SharePoint to build business systems such as our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. We develop user interfaces and reports using Google Charts for desktop/laptop users and will soon be developing mobile interfaces using O365.

Follow-on opportunities (subsequent semesters) for you include working in one of our many teams developing software for the Department of Defense or other customers. Our professional software development team has designed and produced a wide range of software systems, including integrated multi-disciplinary design and optimization systems, 3D interactive design/analysis systems, weapons effects and operational mission planning systems, electronic technical manuals, cyber security applications, multimedia database management systems, and technical hypertext systems. We develop software using the latest hardware and software technologies including C++, C#, Java, Python, SQL, .Net, machine learning, multi-threading/parallel processing, inter-process communications, and 3D graphics in a fast-paced Agile environment.

We develop super cool applications that typically combine sophisticated physics/math-based algorithms and equations of motion within modern software architectures such as Amazon Web Services.

Our goal is to ensure students are exposed to a wide variety of technologies and projects. ARA is interested in training the next generation of scientists and engineers and our co-op program is a part of that vision!

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1,100 professionals and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

While this is all of the Year One and Beyond stuff, Day One is highly impressive too. These are things like our competitive salary (DOE), Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), benefits package, relocation opportunities, and a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.

ARA is passionate about inclusion and diversity in our workplace, in 2018 40% of our new employees voluntarily self-identified as protected veterans. (Source-AAP EOY 2018 Veterans Data Collection Report). Additionally Southeast Division has its own Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women in order to maximize career and professional accomplishments. Our division is also very socially oriented with activities for our employees ranging from attending a local baseball game in the summer to monthly get-togethers, board game lunches, holiday party, corn hole tournaments and so on! For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com