Graduate Sensor Systems & Data Analytics – Clearance Eligible

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Education assistance

Retirement plan contributions

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists to advance sensor systems for national defense. The role emphasizes developing signal processing, data fusion, and AI-enhanced sensing in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.

Minimum qualifications include a BS in a technical field, strong analytical skills, and eligibility to obtain Interim Secret and Secret security clearances.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Math, Physics or a technical discipline related to the areas described above.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to obtain interim Secret clearance by start date and ultimately Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues of varying experience levels.
• Eligible for security clearance investigations and access to classified information.

Responsibilities

• Apply and analyze novel signal and data processing algorithms for detection, tracking and characterization of sophisticated threats.
• Develop and analyze advanced algorithms that fuse active, passive, multi-band and multi-static sensor data.
• Optimize multi-sensor architectures by defining sensor integration, tasking, and coordination for high-quality fused multi-domain targeting information.
• Apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to sensing and sensor data analysis.
• Apply data science and statistical analysis to large, multi-dimensional datasets.
• Analyze and develop sensor signal processing, tracking, and data fusion using simulations in a high-performance computing environment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Security clearance eligibility

Education

BS in Engineering/Math/Physics or related technical field

MS in Engineering/Math/Physics or related technical field

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists to advance sensor systems for national defense. The role emphasizes developing signal processing, data fusion, and AI-enhanced sensing in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.

Minimum qualifications include a BS in a technical field, strong analytical skills, and eligibility to obtain Interim Secret and Secret security clearances.