Signal Processing Engineer

Description

Job Description:

Today, Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise - protecting the warfighter and our national security against ever-adapting threats. Leidos currently has an opening for a Signal Processing Engineer to support EW programs in Dayton, Ohio.

As part of our team, you will focus on first step towards a fully autonomous cognitive EW system. More broadly, you will advance the state of the art in research and advanced applications to support ongoing and future EW programs. You will perform research as part of interdisciplinary teams that design, develop, and deploy machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms for DoD electronic warfare applications, with the opportunity to move into leadership roles on these teams. You’ll get to work alongside scientists and experts in these fields to help grow your own knowledge and career.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, model, simulate and test radars and EW algorithms in MATLAB, Simulink, or C++
• Define interfaces to develop and wrap EW algorithms using outputs from other simulations
• Identify electronic support and electronic attack algorithms of interest and develop wrappers for simulating the performance versus radar models
• Create metrics and tools for evaluating algorithm performance for both modeling and simulation and hardware in the loop test capabilities with radar and radio frequency hardware
• Generate and analyze datasets of jammer and radar pulse descriptor words (PDWs)
• Work with electronic warfare artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) software systems and subject matter experts to develop and test electronic warfare algorithms
• Plan and perform analytical and engineering research, design development, participate in testing and other technical assignments

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field 4+ years’ experience or Master’s with 2 years of prior relevant experience
• Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a Secret security clearance
• Experience with MATLAB
• Working knowledge of scientific programming and algorithm development
• Experience with radar signal processing
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication
• Ability to work in a team environment, as well as independently
• Adaptability to new challenges with a strong motivation to grow and learn in new areas

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
• Active clearance preferred
• Experience working in areas of modeling and simulation (M&S), radar, adaptive radar, signals processing, algorithm development, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) or similar fields
• Python, Simulink, and languages such as C/C++, Java etc.
• Experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms
• Working knowledge areas such as digital filtering, spectral estimation, detection and estimation theory, linear algebra, and stochastic processes

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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