ISRT/BMC2 Data Fusion Engineer (PhD)

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and programmers to advance ISRT and BMC2 capabilities for the Joint Force. You will help conceptualize, develop, test, assess, and field next-generation capabilities across ships, aircraft, satellites, and ground systems.

Join a team that integrates high-fidelity modeling, analytics, software interfaces, and DevOps to drive rapid prototyping and testing in realistic environments.

Qualifications

• Have, or soon to be awarded, a PhD degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Data Science or another related field.
• Have skills and experience developing scientific and engineering applications in programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++, or Java
• Have strong interpersonal and written communications skills.
• Have the ability to work and collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Have the ability to multi-task, support multiple, concurrent projects, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Are willing and able to work a portion of the time in secure, closed areas and travel occasionally to government sites and contractor facilities (local and non-local).
• Are able to ultimately obtain a Top-Secret SCI level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to teams developing algorithms, mathematical-physical models, software prototypes, and deployable software applications for ISRT applications.
• Use mission level modeling and simulation tools to evaluate and improve ISR&T and BMC2 concepts, sensor architectures, and kill chain performance.
• Develop new multi-sensor data fusion, and multi-sensor resource optimization techniques.
• Develop and analyze new ISRT and BMC2 concepts and architectures.
• Plan, execute and conduct data analysis for field tests and experiments.
• Collaborate with teams to develop user interfaces, visualizations, and network/web services.
• Present your results to project leads, sponsors, and technical workshops and conferences.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

C++

Java

Education

PhD in Engineering or related field

Tools

DevOps

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and programmers to advance ISRT and BMC2 capabilities for the Joint Force. You will help conceptualize, develop, test, assess, and field next-generation capabilities across ships, aircraft, satellites, and ground systems.

Join a team that integrates high-fidelity modeling, analytics, software interfaces, and DevOps to drive rapid prototyping and testing in realistic environments.