Penn State University-posted 3 months ago
$86,300 - $164,000/Yr
Mid Level
University Park, PA
Educational Services

We are searching for mid-level Systems Engineers to join the Intelligent Sensors Technologies (IST) Department of the Communications, Information and Navigation Office (CINO) at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University. The mission of the IST department is to analyze, design, develop, and prototype sensor systems and networks for all DoD services and national intelligence and other government agencies. Focus being on the development of systems that can support the warfighter in the near-term. Core mission areas include application of traditional systems and software engineering techniques for the design and development of complex sensor systems, application of modeling and simulation methodologies, approaches for Rapid Prototyping as a means of concept assessment, risk reduction, and accelerated capability fielding, and utilization of agile development methods including DevSecOps for continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) software pipelines, and application to all facets of complex system development.

  • Provide hands-on leadership of project teams
  • Provide technical management / leadership of research and development tasks
  • Mentor entry level engineers in sound engineering practices
  • Have an active role in the entire sensor development process
  • Collaborate with engineers within IST, CINO and across ARL to deliver complex sensor systems
  • Minimally requires a Bachelors' degree in an Engineering or Science discipline plus 2 years related experience
  • Programming in MATLAB, LABVIEW or other prototyping environment along with programming experience in C / C++ / Python
  • A Bachelors' degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science is preferred
  • PCB layout in multi-layer boards using Altium
  • Solidworks
  • Producing required technical documentation related to the design and building of complex systems
  • Broad technical background to include modeling and simulation, software development, mechanical and power system design, test and evaluation of sensor systems
  • Work in LINUX and Windows OS systems
  • Embedded systems to include FPGAs, microcontrollers, and similar entities
  • Active government security clearance
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