Applied Mathematician--Communications, Navigation, and Timing Engineering (PhD Preferred)
About The Position
MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. MITRE's Communications, SIGINT, and PNT department is looking for talented mathematicians and applied mathematicians who are interested in joining our team and leveraging their strong mathematics background to help solve important problems in electrical engineering. In this position, you will apply your technical expertise towards furthering the public good by developing, applying, and evaluating state-of-the art navigation and communication technologies.
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree (MS, PhD) with relevant experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or other modeling and data analysis software tools
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
- Desire to apply a strong math background to real-world applications and to develop skills in communications, navigation, and timing
- This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Nice To Haves
- PhD in mathematics, applied mathematics, or a related discipline
- Experience with applying theory to real world applications
- Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
- The ability to build collaborative and mutually beneficial working relationships with people of different backgrounds
Responsibilities
- State of the art signal processing algorithms for navigation and communication systems (radio navigation, wireless communications, vision navigation, etc.)
- Next generation signals for communications, satellite, and radio navigation
- Techniques for detecting, locating, and identifying signals
Benefits
- competitive benefits
- exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
