Senior Engineer or Physicist in Positioning, Navigation and Timing - Security Clearance Required
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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.
If you are an engineer or physicist with a desire to learn at a world respected PNT leader, 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
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.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD; 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.
- This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.
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 :
$120,000 - $150,000 - $180,000 Annual
Work Location Type : Hybrid
Hybrid
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