Associate Staff - Lead Test Engineer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 116,400 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

MIT-funded pension

Matching 401K

Paid leave

Job summary

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA is seeking a lead engineer for the Electronics for Contested Space Group. This position involves integrating and testing advanced electronics and space systems, with supervision of team activities and data analysis as key responsibilities.

The ideal candidate must possess a Master's degree in a relevant field, significant experience in RF systems and electronics prototyping, and strong communication skills. The role may also require occasional travel to support various activities.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in test design, RF system design, and electronics prototyping.
• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and test advanced electronics and space systems.
• Supervise team during system integration and data analysis.
• Travel occasionally for field exercises and presentations.

Skills

Test design

RF system design

Electronics prototype test development

Analytical programming proficiency (MATLAB, Python, C/C++)

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree or equivalent with at least 3 years of relevant experience

Job description

The Electronics for Contested Space Group develops advanced electronic systems and technology for the protection of our Nation's most important space capabilities. We design and develop state-of-the-art satellites and satellite payloads, novel concepts for resilient space architectures, and the Nation's most sensitive radars, optics, and passive RF systems. The group also provides engineering rigor and experience to some of the most critical National Security programs through Laboratory-wide collaboration and acts in an advisory capacity to the U.S. Government. Examples of recent projects include the prototyping of electronic systems and effects, hardware-in-the-loop testing of tactically relevant payloads with surrogate threat systems, developing RF subsystems for satellites, and analysis of spacecraft mission dynamics, environments, and resiliency.

Group 94, Electronics for Contested Space, is seeking a lead engineer to integrate and test advanced electronics and space systems. Activities may include team supervision during system integration, test and measurement, data collection and analysis, documentation and reporting, team communication, anomaly resolution, and coordination of activities. The successful candidate will be able to contribute to multi-disciplinary teams executing advanced research and independently solve technical challenges. Occasional travel to support field exercises, presentations to sponsors and the community, and other events may be required.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering or a relevant technical field
  • A Bachelor's degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of relevant experience will be considered
• Significant professional or academic experience in at least two of the following areas, and some familiarity and career interest in several others:
  • Test design, procedure development, and execution
  • RF system and/or high-speed digital system design, fabrication, and test
  • Ground support equipment development for space systems
  • Electronics: analog and/or digital circuits prototype test development and execution
  • Space systems: vehicle design, space environment design and analysis, operations
  • Environmental Test: vibration, TVAC, EMI/EMC, space payload integration
  • Hardware assembly: clean room and ESD / test environment experience
  • Physics: classical electromagnetics, ionizing radiation
  • Practical skills: investigative data analysis and rapid troubleshooting of systems
  • Automated analysis and reporting: tools, custom analysis applications with user interfaces
• Demonstrable ability to:
  • Work responsibly and safely in laboratory and assembly environments
  • Develop respectful, productive working relationships
  • Communicate clearly, precisely, and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Solve broad and/or complex technical or engineering problems
  • Learn and apply advanced technical knowledge quickly and proficiently
• Analytical and/or scientific programming proficiency (e.g. MATLAB, Python, C/C++, or similar)
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance highly desired

Salary Range

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $116,400-$140,000

Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400-$182,200

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work-life balance options
• ... and much more!

Additional Information

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

Job Details

Location: Lexington, MA, US

Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Requisition ID

42666

Nearest Major Market

Boston