Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-posted 2 months ago
$85,000 - $155,000/Yr
Full-time • Entry Level
Laurel, MD
5,001-10,000 employees
Educational Services

Are you looking for exciting opportunities to help determine how to best defend the United States, our armed forces, and our allies from all forms of air and missile threats? We are seeking talented graduates to join our Networked Systems and Integrated Fires Group to conduct algorithm development, modeling and analysis for air and missile defense. You would become a part of the team that works on a wide range of exciting technical challenges involving sensor data processing, target tracking, multi-sensor data fusion, communications and networking, and system-of-systems design that encompasses sensors, networks, combat systems and weapons, all with the goal of developing groundbreaking solutions for distributed warfare theatres. You will use math, engineering, physics and software skills to model, analyze and improve existing and prototype new air and missile defense systems and concepts. As you do so, you will broaden and deepen your technical knowledge and make contributions to important national security missions.

  • Contributing to the development of distributed air and missile defense systems
  • Modeling, analyzing, and studying performance of current systems
  • Identifying opportunities for improvements
  • Proposing and developing new algorithms and concepts
  • Providing status updates, analysis results and algorithms in written reports and in presentations
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field
  • Theoretical knowledge and coursework in probability theory, statistics, linear algebra, algorithm design, signal processing, time-frequency analysis, communications theory, electromagnetic theory, machine learning
  • Experience using MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++ for algorithm development, modeling and simulation
  • Proficient analytical skills
  • Effective communication of ideas and results
  • Ability to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by start date and ultimately obtain Secret level clearance
  • Practical experience working with sensors and signals
  • Theoretical background in adaptive signal processing, detection and estimation theory, information theory, wireless communications, data fusion, optimization theory
  • Active Secret security clearance
  • Robust education assistance program
  • Unparalleled retirement contributions
  • Healthy work/life balance
  • Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development
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