Senior Engineer or Physicist in Positioning, Navigation and Timing

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees.

MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do.

The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation.

We're making a difference every day working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values.

We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth.

If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE and make a difference with us.

Department Summary :

MITRE is at the leading edge in solving problems in wireless communications, signal processing, and PNT position, navigation, and timing .

PNT systems, such as GPS, atomic clocks, and inertial guidance, provide vital services to humanity in a wide array of fields, including emergency services, power grids, trade, and more.

If you are an engineer or physicist with a desire to learn at a world respected PNT leader, come join us at MITRE, a not-for-profit company dedicated to solving problems for a safer world.

Typical projects include :

• Performing detailed modeling and simulation of communications and sensor systems
• Developing techniques to detect, locate, and identify signals
• Prototyping waveforms or algorithms in software defined radios and other systems
• Testing and evaluating leading edge hardware in PNT, both in the lab and in the field

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Testing of PNT technologies and data analysis of experimental results.
• Modeling, simulation, and analysis of PNT technologies.
• Play a key technical role on one or more projects within MITRE’s existing PNT work program.

Basic Qualifications :

• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or other modeling and data analysis software tools.
• Strong technical background with experience in technologies related to PNT.
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Ability to obtain a Top Secret or higher clearance.
• Willingness to learn new tools to work on emerging concepts and technologies.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s) :

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s) :

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint :

$120,000 - $150,000 - $180,000 Annual

Work Location Type : Hybrid

Hybrid

• MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age;
• ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status;
• national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation;

and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster and Pay Transparency .

MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org .

Copyright 2024, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Benefits information may be found here