Optimization Software Engineer (Civil Aviation)

ASI is the frontier AI company that dynamically orchestrates critical infrastructure and defense assets, across air traffic control, energy, logistics, and combat operations. The Civil Aviation Team is modernizing America's air traffic control system, building next-generation trajectory prediction and decision-support systems while preparing the airspace for emerging technologies like commercial space operations and advanced air mobility. As an Optimization Software Engineer on the Civil Aviation team, you will design algorithms to help track and plan trajectories for thousands of aircraft operating in the National Airspace System (NAS). ASI works with export-controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.

Responsibilities

Design algorithms to help track and plan trajectories for thousands of aircraft operating in the National Airspace System (NAS); Use knowledge of Operations Research (OR), optimization, statistics, and data science to design, analyze, and implement software; Help monitor and control one of the world's most complicated airspaces in real time

Requirements

Experience designing algorithms for mission-critical applications; Experience with various optimization algorithms, including linear programming, mixed integer linear programming, constraint satisfaction, greedy algorithms, etc.; Experience analyzing large data sets and using statistical and machine learning techniques to build models from them; Domain experience in logistics, aviation, or related fields where large scale planning is required; Experience with modern programming languages such as Rust and Python; Strong collaboration skills and comfort working across teams in a mission-critical environment; Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality