Sensor Engineer

4 months ago

Bedford, United States MITRE Full time

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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:

  • Satellite communications
  • Sensors(Radar, EO, IR, Hyperspectral, LiDAR)
  • Antennas
  • HF sensing and communications
  • Signal Processing and Algorithm Development
  • 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.

Work Type

This position offers a 50% hybrid schedule.

Roles and 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 Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Strong technical skills related to sensor technologies
  • Experience with signal processing and algorithm development
  • Sensor modeling and data analysis experience
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts simply and concisely, making needed connections, and bridging across domains as appropriate
  • 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
  • Capable of obtaining and maintaining a Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MS or PhD in electrical engineering, math, or physics
  • Experience with sensor tracking algorithms
  • Experience with Electronic Warfare
  • Holds a Top Secret/SCI Clearance

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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