Director of Undersea Acoustics & Signal Processing

Boutique Recruiting; Chelmsford (MA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental and vision coverage

3 weeks vacation

401(k) matching

FSA plan

Hybrid schedule

Relocation assistance

Advancement to Executive Director

Job summary

The Ocean Systems Group is seeking a Director of Undersea Acoustics in Chelmsford, MA. You will lead advanced underwater sensing, develop signal processing algorithms, and manage a small team, interfacing with Navy customers and growing programs from initial proposals to multi‑million dollar efforts.

Hybrid work with relocation support offered for the right candidate; prior Navy relationships and proposal writing experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8–10 years in undersea acoustics and signal processing.
• Established US Navy relationships and customer connections.
• Experience developing underwater acoustic signal processing algorithms for sonar, transducers, and arrays.
• Experience with Navy sonar or undersea acoustic systems, not consumer acoustics.
• Proven Navy/government proposal writing experience with strong writing skills.
• People management experience preferred.
• Background as an electrical engineer with software skills preferred.
• Experience with blind source separation and machine learning preferred.
• Experience with DSP hardware, data acquisition systems, software architecture, and embedded computing preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Chelmsford area ~3 days/week, travel to Merrimack, NH.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for underwater sensing and sonar tech.
• Develop and document signal processing algorithms for undersea applications.
• Apply blind source separation and ML to data analysis.
• Oversee DSP hardware, data acquisition, software architecture, and embedded computing.
• Lead a team of 3–4 engineers in acoustics tech.
• Write proposals for government solicitations with technical content.
• Lead programs from prototyping to test as funding grows.
• Leverage Navy relationships to secure new underwater work.
• Grow the tech area by identifying new signal processing opportunities.

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

DSP hardware

Data acquisition

Software architecture

Embedded systems

Job description

The Ocean Systems Group is seeking a Director of Undersea Acoustics in Chelmsford, MA. You will lead advanced underwater sensing, develop signal processing algorithms, and manage a small team, interfacing with Navy customers and growing programs from initial proposals to multi‑million dollar efforts.

Hybrid work with relocation support offered for the right candidate; prior Navy relationships and proposal writing experience are essential.