Signal Processing Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

15h

About The Position

Do you love applying your signal processing experience to solve complex problems in the RF domain, in particular, electronic warfare? Are you willing to take chances with new and creative methods to solve the nations toughest challenges? Do you want to work in an atmosphere where risk taking, innovation, and creativity are openly encouraged and sought out? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! We are seeking a creative signal processing engineer to help us build innovative technology applications for the next generation of electronic warfare systems. Your work will contribute to ensuring the US and its allies dominate the RF spectrum. You'll be joining our hardworking team of system engineers, algorithm developers, FPGA and embedded software engineers, and advanced EW technology enthusiasts who enjoy working together to craft creative solutions to complex challenges. You will contribute to a variety of interesting projects in a team environment. As a Signal Processing Engineer, you will ... Develop novel concepts to defeat adversarial radar and communication systems; This work will involve a multitude of sub-disciplines in the signal processing field. Study current and future radar systems and evaluate their performance. Be involved in the end-to-end modeling and performance evaluation of new systems being designed. Be involved in prototyping of new concepts. Brief sponsors and internal APL staff.

Requirements

Have earned a Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics with a concentration in signal processing, or another related discipline.
Have at least seven years of relevant experience related to signal processing design and analysis.
Have strong MATLAB or Python programming experience.
Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Have earned a Master's or Ph.D. in signal processing, estimation theory or another related discipline.
Have at least ten years of experience in the signal processing field.
Have experience modeling electronic protection (EP) algorithms, seekers, angle estimation, digital arrays, space time adaptive processing, clutter, or trackers and C++ experience.
Have experience leading small technical teams and communicating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Develop novel concepts to defeat adversarial radar and communication systems; This work will involve a multitude of sub-disciplines in the signal processing field.
Study current and future radar systems and evaluate their performance.
Be involved in the end-to-end modeling and performance evaluation of new systems being designed.
Be involved in prototyping of new concepts.
Brief sponsors and internal APL staff.