Engineer or Physicist in Positioning, Navigation and Timing

4 months ago


Colorado Springs, United States MITRE Full time

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.

Department Summary:

MITRE is at the leading edge in solving problems in wireless communications, signal processing, and PNT [position, navigation, and timing]. PNT systems, such as GPS, atomic clocks, and inertial guidance, provide vital services to humanity in a wide array of fields, including emergency services, power grids, trade, and more. This entry-level position for an engineer or physicist with a desire to learn at a world respected PNT leader can be the first step on your PNT journey. Come join us at MITRE, a not-for-profit company dedicated to solving problems for a safer world.

Typical projects include:

  • Performing detailed modeling and simulation of communications and sensor systems
  • Developing techniques to detect, locate, and identify signals
  • Prototyping waveforms or algorithms in software defined radios and other systems
  • Testing and evaluating leading edge hardware in PNT, both in the lab and in the field
  • This position requires a minimum of % hybrid on-site

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Testing of PNT technologies and data analysis of experimental results.
  • Modeling, simulation, and analysis of PNT technologies.
  • Play a key technical role on one or more projects within MITRE’s existing PNT work program.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
  • Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or other modeling and data analysis software tools.
  • Strong technical background with experience in technologies related to PNT.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Ability to obtain a Top Secret or higher clearance.
  • Willingness to learn new tools to work on emerging concepts and technologies.

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$, - $, - $, Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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