Summer Sensor Systems & Data Analytics Intern

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 31,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) invites motivated students to participate in a summer program focused on signal processing, data fusion, and high-performance computing. You will work with engineers, physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists to advance sensor systems for national defense.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a technical degree with strong problem-solving abilities, a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and the ability to obtain interim Secret clearance by start date.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in a technical field (EE/Engineering).
• GPA ≥ 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication.

Responsibilities

• Apply signal and data processing algorithms for detection, tracking and characterization of 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 targeting info.
• Apply AI/ML methods in sensing and in analysis of sensor data.
• Use data science and statistics on large, multi-dimensional datasets.
• Develop sensor signal processing and data fusion algorithms in HPC simulations.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Problem solving

Verbal communication

Team collaboration

Education

Pursuing engineering degree

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) invites motivated students to participate in a summer program focused on signal processing, data fusion, and high-performance computing. You will work with engineers, physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists to advance sensor systems for national defense.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a technical degree with strong problem-solving abilities, a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and the ability to obtain interim Secret clearance by start date.