UAV/Sensor Development, Prototyping, and Testing-Assistant Staff

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health plans

Pension (MIT-funded)

401K matching

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Descripción de la vacante

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA, is seeking engineers to join the Advanced Capabilities & Systems Group to develop new low-cost sensors across modalities (RF, EO/IR, acoustics) and unmanned vehicles. You will rapidly prototype, integrate, and test complete systems for DoD use.

Candidates should have a BS in engineering or related field, hands-on experience with sensors and vehicle testing, strong presentation skills, teamwork, and must be able to obtain a Secret clearance.

Formación

• BS degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or related field.
• Experience with sensor development and integration including radar, passive RF receivers, EO/IR cameras, or acoustics.
• Hands-on experience designing, prototyping, and field-testing air, ground, surface, or underwater vehicles.
• Strong skills in developing and presenting technical materials to varied audiences.
• Strong teamwork skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, integrate, prototype, and test complete sensor and UAV/USV/UUV systems.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver rapid, field-ready solutions.
• Present technical results to varied audiences and stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Sensor development

Teamwork

Technical presentation

Security clearance readiness

Educación

BS degree in engineering/related field

Descripción del empleo

UAV/Sensor Development, Prototyping, and Testing-Assistant Staff

Date: Oct 7, 2026

Location: Lexington, MA, US

Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

The Advanced Capabilities and Systems Group is an agile, innovative, multi-disciplinary team developing novel system and technology concepts that address the nation's critical security challenges. The Group leverages focused analysis to understand solutions to defense and intelligence problems and then develops the solutions in a fast cycle of experimentation, prototyping, and testing. The Group supports the Army, Air Force, Navy, Special Operations Forces, the Intelligence Community, and other government agencies in a wide variety of prototyping efforts. The Group consists of talented technical staff with expertise in electromagnetics, signal processing, radio frequency systems, antenna design, acoustics, EO/IR imaging, statistics, optimization, machine learning, UAS development, autonomous control, flight testing, software engineering, and embedded systems.

Position Description

The Advanced Capabilities & Systems Group is seeking highly motivated engineers to join our team to develop new low-cost sensors across different modalities (RF, EO/IR, acoustic, etc.), electronic attack/protections (EA/EP) systems, and uncrewed airborne/surface/underwater vehicles (UAV/USV/UUV). Successful candidates will work in teams to rapidly develop, integrate, prototype, and test complete systems to be transitioned for use by U.S service members.

The Advanced Capabilities & Systems Group works on innovative and fast-paced sensor development and uncrewed autonomous system programs (such as the Perdix micro UAS) from concept through operational prototype. Technical staff have the opportunity to work closely with service members to develop impactful solutions to some of the government's most challenging problems.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or related degree
• Experience with sensor development and integration including radar, passive RF receivers, EO/IR cameras, or acoustics
• Hands on experience designing, prototyping, and field-testing air, ground, surface, or underwater vehicles.
• Candidates should have strong skills in the development and presentation of technical materials to varied audiences.
• Candidates should demonstrate strong teamwork skills with the ability to work productively and collaboratively with other team members
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance required

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $100,200 - $120,000

Experienced Hiring Range: $100,200 - $150,000

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.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

• 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 ofother 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.

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