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Senior Sensor Engineer – Huntsville, AL Jobs in Huntsville, USA at The MITRE Corporation
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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:
* Sensors (Radar, EO, IR, Hyperspectral, LiDAR)
* HF sensing and communications
* Antennas and electromagnetics
* Signal Processing and Algorithm Development
* Electronic Warfare (EW) for radar
We are looking to grow our team and are seeking highly talented and motivated candidates with strong technical skills in these areas.
Roles & Responsibilities :
* Provide technical leadership with the potential to lead a sensor capability development area within a government integrated product team environment with responsibilities that include partnering technical outcomes across multiple stakeholders and organizations.
* Foster and develop innovative, transformational solutions to sensing related challenges and capability gaps for both fielded and developmental systems
* Develop and utilize code (MATLAB, Python) for sensor design, development, test and evaluation, and 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
* Design and prototype 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/lead work shaping and proposal development efforts to expand our work program into new areas
* Engage in personal career and technical growth as well as quickly developing skills to support the development of others through mentoring, training, and collaboration
Basic Qualifications:
* Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
* Strong technical skills related to sensor technologies and methods
* Demonstrated ability to effectively use programming environments such as MATLAB or Python to develop engineering models and analyze sensor data.
* Experience with signal processing and/or algorithm development
* Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts simply and concisely, making needed connections, and bridging across domains as appropriate
* Proven experience fostering collaboration
* 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
* Ability to work on site four days a week or more depending on mission objectives.
* Ability to obtain a DoD SECRET Security Clearance.
* Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
* This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
* MS or PhD in electrical engineering, math, or physics
* Active TOP SECRET/SCI Security Clearance
* Experience developing tracking algorithms
* Experience with antenna array design and analysis
* Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW)
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:
$126,800 – $158,500 – $190,200 Annual
Work Location Type:
Onsite
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected…
Title: Senior Sensor Engineer – Huntsville, AL
Company: The MITRE Corporation
Location: Huntsville, USA
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