Instrumentation Engineer

Instrumentation Engineer

Job Title: Instrumentation Engineer
State: Massachusetts

City: Lexington

Description: The Sensor Technology and System Applications Group develops environmental monitoring electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), and radio-frequency (RF) sensor systems for detecting and tracking natural and man-made phenomena. These activities include the extraction of target and feature information from ground-level, airborne and space-borne imagery; system support of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) environmental satellites in performance analysis and improvement of existing sensors and products; and sensor systems for border security, environmental monitoring and chemical/biological agent sensor systems. Work includes EO/IR/RF sensor design, system and architecture analysis, signal processing, data analysis, and algorithm development.

Candidate will support efforts to define, develop, and test the next generation of civilian and military operational and experimental RF and EO-IR sensing instrumentation for weather, climate and space surveillance applications. Experience in one or more of the following areas of EO-IR sensor system development is required: optical analysis and design of radiometric systems, low noise mixed analog and digital integrated circuits, or detectors; calibration; system engineering; and hardware development, testing, and integration. Experience in atmospheric modeling, radiative transfer, and detection and estimation is desired, but not required. Candidate should have excellent written and oral communications skills.

Requirements:
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, or related areas with 0-5 years of experience. In lieu of a Ph.D., an MS with a minimum of 5 years of directly related experience will be considered.