33: Tech Staff - Systems Engineer at Lincoln Labs/MIT in Lexington, Massachusetts

Job Description:

The Advanced Sensor Systems and Test Beds Group (Group 33) develops and demonstrates advanced sensor system and command and control concepts incorporating emerging technologies in autonomy, distributed systems, signal and data processing algorithms, architectures and techniques. Major activities within the group include system concept development for RF and optical systems, modeling and simulation, signal processing algorithm design, RF and optical system design and development, experimental field testing and data analysis and development of one-of-a-kind operational and experimental test assets. The group has expertise in adaptive sensor array processing for both radar and communications, advanced real-time software techniques, signal detection and estimation, communications, and systems analysis. The group conducts a significant amount of field testing and data collection to prove new concepts and collaborates with other groups throughout the Laboratory for real-time prototype implementation, experiment execution, and systems analysis.

Group 33 is seeking an electrical engineer specializing in radar algorithms and signal processing, who is needed to perform data analysis and develop signal processing algorithms for novel radar systems. The candidate would perform these duties for a variety of different radar systems, including high frequency overthe- horizon radars, airborne surveillance and fire-control radars, and instrumentation quality radars that are deployed at various national test ranges. The successful candidate must be able to use multiple methods to analyze radar data from novel phased-array radar systems and then use various signal processing techniques to extract target signals while addressing issues of calibration, suppression of ground clutter, target detectability, localization, and tracking. These processing techniques include space-time adaptive processing, TDOA and FDOA techniques, and Kalman filtering.

Requirements:
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or related technical field with experience in radar signal processing or MS in Electrical Engineering with 4+ years of experience in radar signal processing.
- Candidate should have extensive experience in several of the following fields: HF radar and communications, adaptive signal processing, space-time adaptive processing, Kalman filtering, radar systems analysis, CFAR detection, bistatic radar, real-time signal processing, and flight test mission planning and execution.
- MATLAB or equivalent programming experience is required.
- Candidate must be able to propose and explore new and innovative techniques and technologies and be able to understand how these technologies can affect an existing radar system's capabilities.
- Effective communication with colleagues, sponsors, and other research field sites. Candidate must have good organizational skills with the ability to complete assignments working independently and
collaboratively in a team environment, and effectively present results.

JOB DESCRIPTION

To develop effective implementation architectures for advanced, distributed systems, Group 33 will be developing advanced, distributed decision architectures. Group 33 is seeking technical staff to support the development of these systems. Candidate requires background in systems analysis, resource optimization, decision-theoretic techniques, and artificial intelligence (including machine learning techniques). Candidate must develop solutions to complex engagements involving many-versus-many participants. Participants may have identical capabilities with interchangeable roles (e.g. swarming platforms) or differentiated capabilities with specific roles (e.g., "enagement webs" with surveillance, fire control, and weapons delivery platforms). While engagement solutions can be developed in a lab environment, these solutions should be amenable to real time performance using modern hardware and software.

The selected candidate will work with, and provide leadership to a team of junior engineers.

Position Requirements:

* PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or a related field. In lieu of a PhD, an MS in the above areas with a minimum of 5 years of directly related experience will be considered.

* Candidate must be able to obtain elevated level of security clearance that is provided by Security Services Department.

* Knowledge and experience with design and analysis tools such as MATLAB or equivalent is required.

* Candidate must be able to propose and explore new and innovative techniques, technologies, and concepts and be able to understand how these new technologies can affect and enhance existing capabilities and fill capability gaps.

* Candidate must have good organizational skills with the ability to complete assignments working independently and in a team environment, and effectively present results.

* Effective communication with colleagues, sponsors, and other research sites.

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

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