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Department Summary:

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:

• Antennas and electromagnetics

• Sensors (Radar, EO, IR, Hyperspectral, LiDAR)

• HF sensing and communications

• Signal Processing and Algorithm Development

• Satellite communications

• Electronic Warfare (EW)

We are looking to grow our team and are seeking highly talented and motivated candidates with strong technical skills in these areas.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Foster and develop innovative, transformational solutions to antenna and electromagnetics related challenges and capability gaps for both fielded and developmental systems

• Develop and utilize a variety of electromagnetic solvers and self-developed MATLAB (or equivalent) code for design development, test and evaluation, 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

• Develop and evaluate antenna requirements for both fielded and developmental systems

• Participate in MITRE Labs’ presence in peer-reviewed publications, patent submissions, and external conferences/workshops

• Support and 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 the growth of others through mentoring, training, and collaboration

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 7 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 4 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience in antenna and electromagnetics engineering.

• Demonstrated experience performing design engineering, test, and field work.

• Respected and viewed as a technical leader.

• Significant work shaping experience with a focus on quality and impact.

• Has had substantial sponsor interactions.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts simply and concisely, making needed connections, and bridging across domains as appropriate.

• Demonstrated experience in leveraging resources beyond your immediate organization.

• Achieved an increased demand for technical expertise through partnerships with other organizations.

• Proven experience fostering career growth of staff through mentoring, training, and collaboration.

• Successful experience in developing improved sponsor relationships leading to an expansion of your organizations impact to a mission area.

• The successful candidate will have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills and be capable of communicating clearly on technical terms, with both the engineering staff as well as senior sponsor leadership.

• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or PhD in electrical engineering, math, or physics

• Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW)

• Holds a Top Secret/SCI Clearance

  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

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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