Signal Processing Research Scientist
Signal Processing Research Scientist
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$ 224000 - 224000
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VA111: 1300 N 17th Street Arlington 1300 North 17th Street Suite 400 Arlington VA 22209 USAPosition Role Type:
HybridBBN Technologies solves challenging problems of high importance to our customers in the Department of Defense the Intelligence Community and Industry by rapidly prototyping systems for sensing complex physical phenomena correlating them to events of interest and producing highvalue actionable information from the sensed data. Our team specializes in developing nextgeneration sensor system technologies by combining a fundamental understanding of the underlying EM physics including complex electromagnetic interactions and signatures and propagation phenomenology with a deep expertise in analysis statistical signal processing optimization and machine learning We are currently searching for a highly qualified RF Signal Processing Research Scientist to join our team in Arlington VA or Columbia MD. Desirable candidates will have experience deriving and implementing researchgrade algorithms and applying these to data collected from real sensors. Qualified candidates will have academic or professional experience in several of the areas listed below. We have an immediate need for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) expertise.
What You Will Do
- The position requires routine onsite presence at our Arlington VA or Columbia MD offices.
- Statistical signal processing:
- Estimation techniques including Bayesian and nonBayesian estimators performance measures such as bias and meansquare error and bounds on estimator performance such as the CramerRao lower bound.
- Detection techniques including the NeymanPearson detection probabilities of detection and false alarm receiver operating curves etc.
- Cyclostationary signal processing:
- CAF SCF SOF estimation.
- Computation of Cyclic Cumulants.
- Cyclic Feature Detection.
- Adaptive signal processing:
- Temporal and spacetime adaptive processing.
- Interference covariance estimation techniques including both structured and reducedrank techniques.
- Wiener filtering and online adaptive techniques such as LMS and RLS.
- Kalman filtering particle filtering and multihypothesis tracking.
- Machine learning and optimization for optimal control.
- RF propagation and signature modeling:
- Link budgets terrestrial and freespace propagation models multipath nonstationary propagation environments (Doppler spread) clock stability and phase noise and target kinematics.
- Antenna pattern estimation.
- Estimation of bistatic RCS.
- Sensing:
- Sparse array processing beamforming direction finding filtering and tracking.
- RangeDoppler radar and synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
- Signal classification and recognition.
- Physicallayer communications:
- Modulation techniques and tradeoffs channel estimation and tracking MIMO communications equalization forward error correction and decoding.
- LPX waveform design.
- Multiuser detection.
Qualifications You Must Have
BS Electrical Engineering Mathematics or Physics plus 8 years of relevant experience or MS with 5 years experience or Ph.D. plus 3 years experience.
Experience with signal processing including estimation detection etc.
Experience with RF modeling and sensing.
Ability to obtain a government security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer Familiar with all Expert in some
- Position may require some overnight travel.
- Experience applying advanced methods theories and R&D techniques to solve difficult problems.
- Skillset to tackle research challenges proactively with minimal supervision and periodic checkins with team leads.
- Experience leading small teams of technical contributors.
- Experience documenting plans and scientific findings with opportunities to present to government customers.
- An active government security clearance.
What We Offer
Whether youre just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare wellness retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave flexible work schedules achievement awards educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
Relocation Assistance available
This position is hybrid role at our Arlington VA or Columbia MD offices.
To help you achieve your goals BBN will provide
- A strong leadership team wellversed in government R&D.
- A collaborative and collegial environment to push stateoftheart research.
- A diverse and technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor listen and help you refine your research vision and goals.
- Business development programmatic contracting finance and HR support.
- Access through RTX to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded.
RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industryleading businesses Collins Aerospace Systems Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon. Its 185000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics electric propulsion directed energy hypersonics avionics and cybersecurity. The company formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses is headquartered in Arlington VA.
The salary range for this role is 112000 USD 224000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role function and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience location education/training and key skills.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to medical dental vision life insurance shortterm disability longterm disability 401(k) match flexible spending accounts flexible work schedules employee assistance program Employee Scholar Program parental leave paid time off and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collectivebargaining agreement.Hired applicants may be eligible for annual shortterm and/or longterm incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collectivebargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including but not limited to individual performance business unit performance and/or the companys performance.This role is a U.S.based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.
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