Airspace Safety Research Scientist & Tech Lead

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); In loco; USD 100.000 - 245.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a National Airspace Safety Research Scientist and Technical Lead to define and execute an applied research agenda in aviation safety and security. You will lead interdisciplinary teams to translate sponsor needs into actionable research and move results toward real-world demonstrations.

The role requires a master’s degree with 5+ years of NAS-related experience, hands-on modeling, and strong leadership.

Competenze

• Masters degree in a related field with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience involving the NAS, aviation safety, air traffic management, or airspace integration.
• Ability to lead technically complex research from problem formulation through analysis, validation, and recommendations.
• Hands-on modeling, simulation, and data analysis in at least one programming environment.
• Strong communication and collaborative leadership for sponsor-facing work.

Mansioni

• Lead NAS safety research on emerging operations and AI/ML-enabled systems.
• Translate sponsor needs into research questions, milestones, and outcomes.
• Direct modeling, simulation, data analysis, and experimentation to evaluate system behavior and safety.
• Advance methods for evidence, justification, and confidence in safety-critical AI/ML and autonomous systems.
• Guide development and evaluation of monitoring, prediction, estimation, decision-making, and control approaches for aviation safety.
• Lead interdisciplinary scientists and engineers; mentor junior staff, review technical work, and set research priorities.
• Move promising research toward application through prototypes, field-data collection, and flight testing as appropriate.
• Present findings and recommendations to sponsors and technical audiences; publish research and contribute to proposals.

Conoscenze

Aerospace systems

Data analysis

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

Leadership

Communication

Formazione

Master's degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, or related field

Strumenti

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Descrizione del lavoro

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a National Airspace Safety Research Scientist and Technical Lead to define and execute an applied research agenda in aviation safety and security. You will lead interdisciplinary teams to translate sponsor needs into actionable research and move results toward real-world demonstrations.

The role requires a master’s degree with 5+ years of NAS-related experience, hands-on modeling, and strong leadership.