Research SME - Wireless Spectrum

Bluemont Technology & Research•Bethesda, MD

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Bluemont Technology & Research, Inc. (Bluemont) is seeking a Research SME - Wireless Spectrum to join their team in Bethesda, Maryland. This role involves attending meetings, workshops, conferences, and testing events as a Subject Matter Expert. The SME will assist in developing presentations, serve as a liaison between various stakeholders, and review technical reports and data. Responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining collaborative environments, providing reach-back support for systems integration, design, development, modeling and simulation, data analytics, and architecture design. Additionally, the SME will examine data and literary sources for emerging technologies and provide technical expertise on new concepts integral to the program's success.

Requirements

Bachelors' degree in computer science, applied physics, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field, with six plus (6+) years of work experience in one of these fields, or Masters' degree with two plus (2+) years of work experience.
Four (4) years of experience or equivalent education involving telecommunications systems, radio frequency (RF) sensing, signal processing, biometric sensing modalities, and/or advanced sensor system design and evaluation.
Two (2) years of experience or equivalent education using test and measurement equipment relevant to advanced sensing technologies, such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, RF test platforms, wireless communications testbeds, biometric sensor test systems, or commercial off‑the‑shelf sensing devices.
One (1) year of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
Two (2) years of experience creating program plans, work breakdown structures, and milestone schedules.

Nice To Haves

Masters' degree or PhD in computer science, applied physics, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or related fields, with four plus (4+) years of work experience.
Four (4) years of experience with programming languages or tools commonly used in sensing, data analysis, or experimental automation, such as LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB, C/C++, or embedded systems software.
Two (2) years of experience with machine learning, pattern recognition, biometrics analytics, RF signal classification, or other AI/ML methods relevant to sensing applications.
Two (2) years of experience in the Intelligence Community (IC), including experience with requirements, CONOPS, and transition.
Awareness of supply chain, security, and integration considerations for commercial off‑the‑shelf sensing technologies, telecommunications hardware, and RF components.
Four (4) years of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
One (1) year of experience as a Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager.

Responsibilities

Attend meetings, workshops, conferences and testing events as a Subject Matter Expert.
Assist with the development of presentations such as Program Management Reviews.
Serve as a Liaison between Performers, Test & Evaluation contributors, Government and Transition partners.
Review, provide analysis, and make recommendations concerning technical reports, data and Performer approaches.
Select, establish, curate, and maintain collaborative communication, issue tracking, and configuration environments for use by the program.
Provide reach-back support for program related requirements for systems integration, design, development, modeling and simulation, data analytics and architecture design.
Examine data sources and literary sources for emerging technology related to the Program.
Provide technical support and expertise on new concepts beyond the Program but integral to the Program’s success.