Underwater Acoustics Engineer

What you’ll need:

• Education:
  
  2 years experience with a Bachelors in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering (or closely related degree) required
• Clearance:
  Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain an interim DoD Secret clearance prior to hiring
• Experience with the theories and concepts of underwater acoustics, including and understanding of the physics of acoustic transmission, measurement and associated analysis techniques

Peraton is seeking an Underwater Acoustics Engineer to work directly with our Navy customers on developing and maintaining R&D and in-service electro-mechanical systems for naval applications. This position will be located on‑site in Bethesda, MD.

• Work within a government‑contractor team in the execution of the overall engineering, test, and analysis of hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) systems.
• Support the assigned project or programs through numerical modeling, acquisition, signal processing, analysis and reporting of acoustic and vibration data.
• Provide engineering proficiency in the evaluation of acoustic and vibration data using MATLAB software for data acquisition, post processing and reporting of results.
• Work with PCs as well as embedded architectures running Windows and Linux operating system and using program languages including MATLAB, LabVIEW, and C++/C#.
• Responsible for developing and recommending technical solutions to acoustic signal processing challenges with limited guidance, working within the constraints of existing architectures.