Senior Technical Leader – Sensing and Signal Processing

Overview

The Avionics Emerging Technologies Team focuses on early‑stage pursuits and new technology introduction (NTI) in the areas of sensing, autonomy, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML), cybersecurity, and advanced mission systems. This role requires collaborating within a highly diverse technical team and directly interfacing with the business‑facing team and product managers to develop a technology strategy aligned with emerging market opportunities. The Senior Technical Leader – Sensing and Signal Processing leader is expected to provide technical prowess, strategic collaboration, and visionary leadership to the technical team, facilitating the transition of the strategic vision to reality and delivering expertise in signal processing, sensing technologies, and signal intelligence.

• Provide expertise in RF signal processing, particularly in sensing, radar, and communications with a deep understanding of electromagnetic (EM) physics and propagation dynamics.
• Provide expertise in sensor technologies, signal acquisition, and evaluate emerging sensing capabilities for sponsor missions.
• Lead research and development efforts and trade studies for sensing systems and embedded signal‑processing solutions designed to transition to operational platforms.
• Prototype, simulate, and test signal‑processing algorithms and models using languages such as Python, MATLAB, and C/C++.
• Implement signal‑processing algorithms in software and hardware for deployment in high‑throughput edge devices including FPGA, CPU, GPU, and SDR.
• Develop novel signal‑processing algorithms and advance the state‑of‑the‑art (SOA) in detection, classification, direction‑finding, and location.
• Support early‑stage pursuit and capture strategies including customer engagement, requirement definition, proposal writing, and white‑paper development.
• Collaborate with technical, business, and product teams to co‑develop a strategy that facilitates the transition of new technology into the Avionics product portfolio.
• Collaborate with subject‑matter experts and engineers to deliver holistic solutions for unique and dynamic customer requirements.
• Engage and network with customers, academia, and industry partners.
• Maintain a mindset of continuous learning and adapt to evolving state‑of‑the‑art technologies.
• Develop transition plans to ensure new technologies fulfill mission requirements and enable future maturity and productization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience in sensors, data acquisition, and signal‑processing.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and technical writing skills tailored to a broad variety of audiences.
• U.S. citizenship status required.
• Ability to obtain U.S. Security Clearance.

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field from an accredited university or college.
• Active U.S. Security Clearance.
• Experience with array processing, beamforming, integration gain, and adaptive signal‑processing techniques.
• Experience with active/passive and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processing.
• Experience prototyping, analyzing, and implementing waveforms on software‑defined radios and deep understanding of physical‑layer communications.
• Experience analyzing, developing, and optimizing cognitive waveforms.
• Knowledge of electronic warfare and experience modeling electronic threats and applying mitigation measures.
• Experience modeling sensor systems and signal propagation including link budgets, multipath, and phase noise.
• Experience developing embedded and non‑embedded RF signal‑processing algorithms.
• Experience designing and constraining signal‑processing algorithms for heterogeneous edge‑compute platforms.
• Experience with sparse array processing and compressed sensing.
• Proven track record of transitioning applied research to fieldable platforms.
• Knowledge of SIGINT and MASINT.
• Experience performing data fusion with signals from multiple phenomenologies.
• Experience applying advances in…