Associate Sensors Engineer

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Department Summary:

The Advanced Maritime and Acoustic Technologies Department (L156) in MITRE Labs supports a wide range of BlueTech projects, driving transformative solutions and delivering cutting-edge defense and maritime technologies that address some of the most challenging issues our nation is facing, from national security to climate change.

We are seeking a mission-driven early-career engineer to help design and test innovative undersea and maritime sensing solutions, turn complex ocean data into actionable models, and collaborate across disciplines to drive impact-focused R&D.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support in the development of state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms for underwater sensing and communication systems
• Involvement in the design of next-generation transducer and acoustic sensors
• Conduct oceanographic acoustic modeling for predicting and assessing undersea sensor system characteristics
• Rapidly prototype sensors, communication platforms, and embedded, underwater systems
• Work on uncrewed and remotely operated underwater vehicles

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain at least a Secret security clearance which requires ship.
• BS or MS Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field.
• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Proactive self-starter with strong analytical, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Candidates must have a strong technical background with experience in one or more of the following: acoustic, radar, and/or sonar signal processing, algorithm development, software development, detection and estimation theory, wave propagation, numerical methods, experimental data analysis, prototype development, embedded systems, software architecture, and/or communication theory.
• Experience using analytical software tools such as Python and MATLAB for modeling, simulation, and analysis of physical systems.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Experience in acoustic, radar, and sonar signal processing, and prototype development.
• Experience with field testing of maritime devices.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships with internal and external parties.
• Experience with parallel computing or distributed systems.

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:
$85,500 - $107,000 - $128,500 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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