Lead Sensor Engineer
The MITRE Corporation
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Department Summary:
MITRE’s Sensors, Electromagnetics and EW Department—within MITRE Labs’ Electronic Systems and Technologies Innovation Center is a broad and experienced team focused on designing, prototyping, evaluating, testing and fielding disruptive solutions in the following technology areas:
+ Antennas and electromagnetics
+ Sensors (Radar, EO, IR, Hyperspectral, LiDAR)
+ HF sensing and communications
+ Signal Processing and Algorithm Development
+ Satellite communications
+ Electronic Warfare (EW)
We are looking to grow our team and are seeking highly talented and motivated candidates with strong technical skills in these areas.
Roles & Responsibilities:
+ Foster and develop innovative, transformational solutions to sensing related challenges and capability gaps for both fielded and developmental systems
+ Develop and utilize MATLAB code for sensor design development, test and evaluation, performance modeling at the system and sub-system level
+ Participate in data collections, conduct experiments and perform data analyses
+ Evaluate technologies, identify risks, and develop alternate solutions
+ Designing and prototyping sensor algorithms and sensor signal processing solutions,
+ Develop and evaluate sensor requirements for both fielded and developmental systems
+ Participate in MITRE Labs’ presence in peer-reviewed publications, patent submissions, and external conferences/workshops
+ Support work shaping and proposal development efforts to expand our work program into new areas
+ Engage in personal career and technical growth as well as the growth of others through mentoring, training, and collaboration
Basic Qualifications:
+ Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience in EE, Mathematics or Physics.
+ Strong technical skills related to sensor technologies and methods
+ Experience with signal processing and algorithm development
+ Demonstrated ability to effectively use programming environments such as MATLAB or Python to develop engineering models and analyze data.
+ Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts simply and concisely, making needed connections, and bridging across domains as appropriate
+ Proven experience fostering collaboration
+ Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate clearly in technical terms with both engineering staff and project leadership
+ Strong writing and briefing skills
+ Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
+ This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
+ MS or PhD in electrical engineering, math, or physics
+ Experience developing sensor tracking algorithms
+ Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW)
+ Holds a Top Secret/SCI Clearance
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Secret
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
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