Technical SETA (Signal Processing) Location: Bethesda, MD, US Job ID: ATR 17330 Job Description Job Title: Technical SETA (Signal Processing) Location: Bethesda, MD Eligibility: This opening requires that the candidate possess an active TS/SCI Clearance Job Description: We provide Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to a government research funding organization dedicated to investing in high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of the most difficult challenges of national security. The successful candidate will support the government program manager by participating in or leading all activities in support of the Program lifecycle in the areas of program development, source selection, execution, closeout, and transition. The candidate will also be responsible for coordinating meetings, assessing performer technical progress, projecting performer outcomes, and ensuring that project management best practices are followed by performers, independent verification and validation (IV&V) entities, and within the government funding organization itself. Responsibilities: - Analysis of emerging science and technology R&D opportunities through literature review; outreach to the research community; summarizing, analyzing, and visualizing data in spreadsheet and graphical forms - Generating briefing materials and agency documents required for new program approval - Program management at all stages over the program lifecycle including BAA drafting; feedback on proposals; interactions with proposers and performers; meeting organization and participation; transition partner and industry partner engagement - Serve as a technical liaison between Performers, Government, Test and Evaluation team, and Transition partners - Lead periodic performer assessments to analyze findings in coordination with the test and evaluation team, assess technical and schedule risks; develop management strategies; communicate findings to program manager - Technical evaluations and guidance on reports, briefings, and other performer communications - Presentation and report preparation - Program administration, including development of technical analyses, identification of technology gaps, technical risk management, project cost estimation, technology transfer efforts, as well as supporting technical reviews - Attending and organizing program reviews/site visits/field tests The ideal candidate should possess technical research, development, and engineering experience in machine learning, wireless communications and signal processing, large language models, assessment of data links, software development, and mathematics/statistics. Requirements: - A master’s or doctorate degree in mathematics, engineering, computer science, or related technical field. - Two (2) years of experience working on machine learning or artificial intelligence technologies. - Two (2) years of experience working within any software development group project. - Two (2) years of experience working on any type of digital communications project (not just wireless or radio frequency (RF)). - One (1) year experience supporting the management of a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team. - One (1) years of experience creating program plans, work breakdown structures, and milestone schedules. Desired capabilities and characteristics: - One (1) year of experience in the Intelligence Community (IC), including experience with requirements, CONOPS, and transition. - Two (2) years of experience editing scientific articles, papers, or presentations for a range of audiences. - Two (2) published first-author peer-reviewed scientific articles OR primary technical holder on two (2) US patent applications - within fields relevant to the technical backgrounds identified above. - Four (4) years of experience managing multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) teams. First Name Required Last Name Required Email Address Required Phone Number CountryNoneAfghanistanÅland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBritish Virgin IslandsBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo-BrazzavilleCook IslandsCosta RicaCôte d'IvoireCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFederated States of MicronesiaFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIraqIrelandIslamic Republic of IranIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRepublic of KoreaRepublic of MoldovaReunionRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint BarthelemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint Maarten (Dutch part)SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaState of PalestineSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluU.S. Virgin IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited Republic of TanzaniaUnited StatesUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVaticanVenezuelaVietnamWallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabwe State/ProvinceNone City ZIP/Postal Code Resume Choose File... Required, maximum file size is 512KB, allowed file types are doc, docx, pdf, odf, and txt Message Success! Your application was successfully sent!