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The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University · 1 month ago

Systems Research and Development Engineer

Reston, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$109K/yr - $191K/yr

5+ years exp

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking a motivated and experienced Systems Research and Development Engineer to join their Strategic Systems Operations Division. The role involves researching, designing, developing, integrating, and testing advanced communications systems while collaborating with a team of researchers.

Universities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Organize and direct a multi-disciplinary, strong, and diverse engineering team

Balance team members, activities, and priorities with the process to achieve a final product

Provide technical leadership within the CSP Division projects

Plan and direct research projects related to communications

Guide programs of national or international significance; identify future problems, research trends, and opportunities

Interact and collaborate regularly with the engineering team, principal investigator, sponsors, and other stakeholders

Qualification

Electrical engineering principlesRF signal processingGeolocation techniquesCommunications protocolsWireless specificationsSystem performance requirementsTest plans/proceduresTS/SCI ClearanceAnalytical skillsTroubleshooting experienceFFRDCUARC experienceCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsConflict resolution experience

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science discipline plus five years' related experience

Advanced understanding of electrical engineering principles associated with communications

Collection and processing architectures for RF signals in general, with emphasis on the impact of propagation effects in the HF and below bands as well as UHF through Ku bands

AoA and TDOA/FDOA geolocation techniques

Communications protocols - OSI stack, UDP/TCP/IP

Familiarity with wireless specifications such as cellular(4G/5G)/WiFi (802.11)

Capable of creating testable system level performance requirements from sponsor defined use cases or user stories

Capable of taking high level system requirements and performing a first order decomposition into hardware and software functions

Capable of generating test plans/procedures to validate system level performance

U.S. citizen

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen

Successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies