Research Scientist/Engineer Principal

University of Washington Medical Center

7d•$150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Department: The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking a Research Scientist/Engineer Principal to join the Environmental and Information Systems Department. The department performs a broad spectrum of research and development activities, including signal/image/information processing, autonomous system development, sensor development and testing, and software development and engineering. Departmental expertise is applied to the needs of the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and industry. See Yourself at APL as a member of the Environmental and Information Systems Department! We are seeking to hire a full-time Research Scientist/Engineer Principal to join the team. This position has a salary range of $150,000 to $180,000 per year ($12,500 to $15,000 monthly), along with great employment benefits and competitive total compensation incentives. The Position: This position supports autonomous sensing and simulation of the ocean environment. The person hired will independently design and oversee the development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and their sensor/processing packages, including the deployment and testing of AUVs for sponsor-required applications. This position will also design, build, test, and demonstrate new capabilities for numerical simulation of the oceanographic environment for assessment of AUV system flight performance. This position will develop and manage the development of environmental sensing and communications networks of unmanned marine vehicles capable of performing environmental assessment, anomaly detection, and feature tracking. The position will serve as the systems engineering expert to conceptualize, plan, build, and test both autonomous systems and ocean simulation models.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, or a closely related discipline, and at least ten years of progressive experience in research, development, and application of novel marine technologies on autonomous underwater vehicles with successful field programs.
At least ten years of experience designing and administering enterprise-level high-performance computing systems.
The person hired into the position must be a U.S. citizen and successfully obtain and continue to maintain a Department of Defense (DOD) Personnel Security Clearance.
Experience with development and at-sea testing of underwater vehicle operations.
Experience with developing software for sensor autonomy, data processing, and data visualization.
Experience designing and administering enterprise-level high-performance computing systems.
Advanced computer programming skills (C, C++, Python, MATLAB, Bash).

Nice To Haves

Operational management, staff supervision, and small team dynamics.

Responsibilities

Oversee the design and development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and their sensor/processing packages.
Collaborate with co-PIs and sponsors, to design new concepts of operation for these systems and demonstrate those concepts in at-sea testing events.
Track and schedule progress and work both in the lab and from outside vendor sites to meet deadlines.
Design, configure, and implement high-performance computer servers for ocean modeling and analysis.
Develop technical support and system administration for Linux-based analysis servers supporting advanced high-performance computing (HPC) workflows.
Support software installation and user support, monitoring and optimizing RAID storage systems, and manage large datasets generated on HPC systems and stored on group-maintained infrastructure.
Balance the competing requests of funding agencies, peer collaborators, and industry partners to optimally succeed in funded programs and grow as a lab.
Pursue sponsored funding opportunities.
Produce material for peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications in conjunction with co-investigators and sponsors.
Collaborate with co-investigators to manage laboratory team efforts such as meetings, local testing, and domestic and international field testing.
Supervise and advise both lab staff and supporting collaborator and contractor personnel.
Source and follow up with vendors.