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The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University · 7 hours ago

Department Head of System Design/Sonar Research

State College, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking a Department Head to lead their System Design Department within the Sonar Research and Development Division. This role involves providing leadership and oversight for programs and research activities, developing strategic goals, and ensuring the timely delivery of quality technical work.

Universities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Jennifer Smoyer

Responsibilities

Cultivate business opportunities related to the overall mission of the Department and organizational leadership

Develop and execute the strategic vision, goals, and plans of the Department in concert with other units in the Division, USO, and ARL

Develop, perform and oversee complex Sonar designs while working closely in collaboration with other departments/groups, both internal and external to ARL, that develop processing/algorithms, transducers and arrays, underwater vehicles/platforms

Collaborate with project managers to ensure timely delivery of quality technical work by Department staff

Prepare and review proposals, technical reports, status reports and other programmatic and administrative documents

Contribute to the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical engineering products, systems, and subsystems

Investigate and evaluate practical applicability of scientific theories and engineering principles to develop and improve various engineering systems; identify technical approach for solving problems and meeting customer/grantor needs

Interact in a collaborative manner with other team members, engineers, and scientists to accomplish organizational goals; provide innovative problem-solving approaches to enhance organizational capabilities

Qualification

Sonar system designTechnical leadershipAdvanced degree in EE/MECAD toolsEmbedded SoftwareAcousticsMechanical designAt-sea deploymentClassified information access

Required

Understanding of Sonar from system level through detailed design with background in Acoustics to support subsystem specification / requirements development; including electronics, mechanical structural interaction, and signal processing

Past success in technical leadership of diverse group(s) of technologists from concept through design implementation and test of complex electromechanical-acoustic systems

Preferred

Advanced degree in EE, ME, Computer Engineering and/or Acoustics

CAD tools with focus on ECAD, Simulation tools such as SPICE, Matlab, Simulink

Familiarity with Mechanical design, including pressure vessels, interpretation of FEA results, thermal mitigation, packaging

Familiarity with Embedded Software, operating systems, networking

Experience with at-sea deployment and testing

Current eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret level or higher and may be subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required