UAS Communications and Data Links Engineer

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The MITRE Naval Aviation Systems Department's (N233) mission is to advance Naval Aviation solutions with urgency, ensuring warfighter dominance against current and future adversaries in defense of our nation. This is accomplished by delivering timely, effective, and sustainable capabilities to ensure the warfighter's mission success and safe return home.

The Naval Aviation department is seeking a UAS Comms and Data Links Engineer in the Lexington Park, MD area. Candidate will work across research, development, integration, and testing of communications systems for naval aircraft. Candidate should have a working knowledge of communication system design and be able to apply that knowledge to perform analysis and solve problems. Additionally, candidate will engage with stakeholders to analyze operational requirements, address communications network challenges, apply sound technology solutions, and advance the state of communications and networking to benefit the sponsor's mission.

Responsibilities include:

• Independent reviews of communications system designs and their integration into naval aircraft including analyses of alternatives, design reviews, and performance estimation
• Developing and evaluating the integration of satellite communications and tactical data link systems
• System engineering and testing including requirements development, analysis & traceability, and requirements management
• Writing technical reports and/or presenting briefings of analysis, findings, and recommendations to Government sponsors
• Work in collaboration with other engineers in a team environment to support communications systems development, analysis, and testing

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 5 years of related experience; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step
• Current Secret Clearance and be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance
• Experience working collaboratively in a team environment
• Good communication skills and ability to present highly technical material to a diverse audience
• Understanding of communications theory, link budgets, and communications protocols
• Experience with C++, Python, MATLAB, or other modeling and analysis tools
• Interest in solving problems across multiple engineering disciplines to provide solutions to complex problems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or related discipline
• Strong systems engineering skills and familiarity with independent Verification & Validation (V&V) testing
• RF communications theory including:
  • Modulation types
  • Error correction coding
  • Channel effects
  • Communications protocols
  • Antenna performance modeling
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Software Defined Radios
  • Military & Commercial Satellite Systems
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) experience
• Digital signal processing, detection and estimation theory, and information theory
• Top Secret Clearance

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

Secret

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

Top Secret/SCI

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