Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-posted 2 months ago
$102,500 - $227,500/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 and innovative 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 expertise 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.

  • Contribute to the development of distributed air and missile defense systems
  • Model, analyze, and study performance of current systems, identify opportunities for improvements, and propose and develop new algorithms and concepts
  • Document technical results and communicate findings and recommendations to APL staff, contractors and sponsors
  • Write reports and algorithm descriptions and present analysis results and status updates
  • Contribute to and lead cross organization team efforts, influence solutions, and continually learn from team members
  • PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field
  • Background in one or more of the following broad research areas: signal processing, communications theory, nonlinear optimization
  • Experience using MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++ for algorithm development, modeling and simulation
  • Ability to clearly communicate ideas and results
  • Ability to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by start date and a final Secret clearance after starting
  • Practical experience working with radio frequency (RF) and/or infrared (IR) sensors and signals
  • Active Secret security clearance
  • Peer-reviewed publication history
  • Generous benefits including a 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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