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Southwest Research Institute · 3 months ago

LEAD COMPUTER SCIENTIST - LEAD ENGINEER - RF & Geolocation - Hanover, Maryland

Maryland, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$115K/yr - $192K/yr

8+ years exp

Southwest Research Institute is focused on supporting national security through timely intelligence data. They are seeking a Lead Computer Scientist to provide technical leadership and supervision for communications and geolocation systems, ensuring project objectives are met and innovative solutions are developed.

Innovation ManagementMarket ResearchMechanical EngineeringNon ProfitProduct Research

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership/supervision in direct support to USG operations for communications and geolocation systems

Plan, coordinate, collaborate and assist in controlling the progress of project work in these technical areas to meet client objectives

Assist in creative, innovative solutions to support operations issues and modernizations through the application of advanced theory, algorithms, concepts, and practices in communications intelligence

Provide expertise in System Engineering and support for program development in emerging technology which can be applied to Collection and Operations

Work on developing new areas of work with the Operations areas concerned with system/network performance

Leadership/Technical Supervision of system development for the processing and operations of RF and/or Geolocation systems

Work with U.S. Government to help gather information on the use, requirements, and modernization of operational collection systems

Plan, coordinate, and assist in controlling the progress of project work in various technical areas, in order to meet client objectives

Prepare and present research and test readiness reports to clients

Coordinate and prepare technical demonstrations to clients, working directly with the operators and acquisition offices

Support testing of patches and new baselines for operational systems

Attend technical and vendor symposiums and conferences with the local area

Qualification

RFGeolocation theorySystem EngineeringRequirements writingProject tracking toolsMicrosoft productsCommunicationTechnical leadership

Required

Requires a Bachelors, Masters or a PhD in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Must have a current/active TS/SCI with active polygraph

8-10 years: Knowledge of RF and geolocation theory and operational techniques

8-10 years: Highly proficient at writing requirements, design documents, and test plans associated with the requirements. Assisting in the decomposition of the requirements to developers and developing use cases for testing. Reviewing materials and providing valuable input

8-10 years: Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate at the level of non-technical and technical customers and teammates

8-10 years: Highly proficient in requirements databases, project tracking tools such as Atlassian products, highly proficient in Microsoft products

A valid/clear driver's license is required

Work assignment is in Maryland

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen