Research Associate/Sr. Research Associate
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About The Position
Based on the foundation of the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology, Virginia Tech launched the Virginia Tech National Security Institute in September 2021. With a presence in Blacksburg and the Washington, D.C., metro area, the institute aspires to be the nation's preeminent academic organization at the nexus of interdisciplinary research, technology, policy, and talent development, the national security institute will advance national security in pursuit of a secure America. This is a research and development position based in Blacksburg, Virginia, and is part of the Institute's Mission Systems Division (MSD). MSD brings together researchers from aerospace and ocean systems engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, computer science, AI/ML, and other fields to develop interdisciplinary solutions to cutting-edge technological challenges in platforms, including satellites, UAVs, UUVs, and drone swarms involving hardware, algorithms, sensor networks and phenomenologies, and more. Successful candidates for this position will have relevant experience in one or more of the following areas: avionics, small satellites, TT&C systems, small aerial or underwater vehicles, model-based systems engineering, or cyber physical security. The winning candidates can expect competitive salary and benefits in a university setting. This pooled position is focused on individuals with expertise in any of three key technology areas to support a growing portfolio of programs: 1) Digital communications, signal processing, software-defined radio, and/or machine learning techniques applied to temporal data such as RF I/Q streams, audio, or video. 2) Computational electromagnetics, with emphasis on electromagnetic materials, interactions between EM behaviors/propagation, and manufacturing/testing of EM materials. 3) RF Engineering and Circuit Design, focused on developing and analyzing RF systems and hardware for space communications and other advanced platforms.
