Associate Staff (Space Tactics and Test Group)

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

MIT-funded pension

Matching 401K

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement and continuing教育

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA, seeks an Associate Staff in Space Tactics and Test Group to help architect and execute technical initiatives. You will design and build achievable solutions and verify their effectiveness through experiments, exercises, briefings, and test events.

The role may involve direct technical contributions, or leading a team, and you will help connect the group with military users while exploring new technical areas.

Qualifications

• Masters or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or Applied Mathematics; in lieu of Masters, Bachelor's with 5+ years experience.
• Ability to quickly learn new technical areas and apply to solve mission problems.
• Ability to clearly present technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Proficient in high-level programming languages (Python, Java) for modeling/data analysis.
• Ability to independently understand substantial technical problems and develop working solutions.
• Experience working in large or medium teams.
• Intellectual curiosity and desire to lead exploration in new technical areas.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute technical initiatives for the group.
• Design and build achievable technical solutions and demonstrate effectiveness via experiments, exercises, briefings, and test events.
• Contribute technically or lead a team; foster connections between the group and military users.

Skills

Python/Java

Learning agility

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Leadership potential

Education

Master's degree in Physics / Mathematics / Applied Mathematics

Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience

Job description

Associate Staff (Space Tactics and Test Group)

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Lexington, MA, US

Aug 31, 2026

Job Description

Group 93 is seeking a uniquely skilled individual to join our team as a member of the Associate Technical Staff. In this role, you will leverage your technical proficiency to help architect and execute the group's technical initiatives. You will design and build achievable technical solutions and demonstrate their effectiveness through experiments, exercises, briefings, and test events. This role may involve direct and individual technical contributions, establishing strong connections between the group and military users, or leading a team of researchers to build the solution. The most effective associate staff may perform all these tasks to some degree, even when prioritizing one function.

Requirements

• Masters or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or Applied Mathematics. In lieu of Masters, a Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of experience will be considered
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technical areas and apply that knowledge effectively to solve challenging mission problems
• Demonstrated ability to clearly present technical concepts to a wide spectrum of audiences
• Proficient at using high level programming languages (Python, Java, etc.) to solve complex scientific or engineering modeling or data analysis problems
• Demonstrated ability to independently understand substantial technical problems and develop a working solution
• Experience in technical work in large or medium sized teams
• Intellectual curiosity and desire to lead exploration into new technical areas in support of the group's mission

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated work in a technical area related to the Group's mission, such as, signal processing, dynamical modeling, high volume data analytics
• Knowledge of optical, radar or passive RF sensors
• Understanding of orbital astrodynamics
• Mentoring junior or less experience staff members

Salary and Benefits

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!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

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.