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MITRE · 23 hours ago

Signal Processing Intern - Radar/Physics (Bedford, MA)

Bedford, MA

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$46K/yr - $70K/yr

MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to tackling the nation's toughest challenges through innovative research and development. They are seeking a Signal Processing Intern who will apply academic knowledge in areas such as electronic signal processing, communications, and embedded systems while gaining hands-on experience in radar and electromagnetics.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNon ProfitQuantum ComputingSaaS

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

As an Electrical or Computer Engineering Intern, you will join a multidisciplinary team to apply your academic knowledge and gain hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas:

Electronic & Signal Processing: Antennas, electromagnetics, sensors, radar, photonics, and advanced signal processing

Communications and Spectrum Operations: Wireless communications, SIGINT, spectrum management, and position, navigation, and timing (PNT)

Embedded Systems and Security: Electronics design, embedded security, and cryptographic systems

Prototyping and Advanced Manufacturing: Rapid hardware prototyping, mechanical design, reliability analysis, and advanced manufacturing techniques

Maritime Systems Development: Acoustic and ocean modeling, SONAR system analysis, and transducer design

Analyze Winter Study (WS) ionospheric and target data analysis to perform target coordinate registration

Correlate doppler data from the WS Digisonde ionospheric sounders

Possible follow on WS work in data visualization and assimilation

Possibility of assisting with “scientific computing” coding tasks on radar modeling as part of the senior technical team’s Winter Study analysis

Qualification

Signal ProcessingRadarElectromagneticsPythonMATLABStatisticsPublic Service InterestHigh-Frequency TechnologyIonospheric PhysicsIndependent Work

Required

Must be a full-time student pursuing an accredited degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related disciplines

Must continue to be enrolled the semester following the internship

Foundational knowledge in electrical and/or computer engineering including relevant tools, methodologies, and programming languages

Must have sustained excellence in academic performance

Preferred

Experience having applied electrical or computer engineering concepts in an internship, research, or laboratory setting

Proficiency in using electrical and/or computer engineering methodologies, frameworks, tools and/or programming languages

Proven ability to work independently

Demonstrated interest in serving the public through previous work experience, volunteer activities, or other relevant engagements

Demonstrated interest in radars and ground-based sensing of long-range air threats

Experience with Python, MATLAB, Physics, Signal Processing and Statistics

Demonstrated interest in high-frequency (HF) technology

Demonstrated interest in Ionospheric Physics

Company

MITRE

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