Research Assistant

1 week ago


Palo Alto, California, United States The Pennsylvania State University Full time

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State is seeking highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students for research opportunities in undersea vehicle development. The positions cover a broad range of academic and engineering disciplines, including signal processing, data fusion, autonomous control, modeling and simulation, software development, visualization development, and system optimization. Successful candidates will work 40 hours/week over the summer and 20 hours/week during the fall and spring semesters. Students in their junior or senior year majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Physics, or related degree are encouraged to apply. A strong interest and experience in the mentioned areas will be given preference. The selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must be a U.S. Citizen. Employment with the Applied Research Laboratory will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen. The University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.



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