Associate - Embedded Systems Engineer

About the Group

The Electronics for Contested Space Group develops advanced electronic systems and technology for the protection of our Nation's most important space capabilities. We design and develop state-of-the-art satellites and satellite payloads, novel concepts for resilient space architectures, and the Nation's most sensitive radars, optics, and passive RF systems. The group also provides engineering rigor and experience to some of the most critical National Security programs through Laboratory-wide collaboration and acts in an advisory capacity to the U.S. Government.

Group 94, Electronics for Contested Space, is seeking an embedded systems engineer to design, develop and field embedded systems to support novel space applications. The successful candidate will be able to contribute to multi‑disciplinary teams executing advanced research and independently solve technical challenges. Occasional travel to support field exercises, presentations to sponsors and the community, and other events may be required.

• A Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or another relevant technical field with 2 years of experience.
• A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience decomposing processing chains into component modules for development.
• Experience developing synthesizable VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.
• Experience implementing FPGA designs in hardware, including the creation of constraint files.
• Experience testing and debugging firmware designs in both simulation and in hardware.
• Experience implementing and integrating with digital interfaces, such as SPI, PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet.
• Laboratory experience, including interface debugging and verification, at the circuit card assembly level.
• Digital signal processing experience in either analysis and/or implementation.
• Demonstrable ability to:
  • Work responsibly and safely in laboratory and assembly environments.
  • Develop respectful, productive working relationships.
  • Communicate clearly, precisely, and concisely to technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • Solve broad and/or complex technical or engineering problems.
  • Learn and apply advanced technical knowledge quickly and proficiently.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance highly desired.

• Expertise in computer architecture, particularly with respect to making trades between bare‑metal, or real‑time operating systems.
• Ability to operate in a Linux development environment.
• Familiarity with scripting and task automation leveraging Python, Bash, TCL or Perl.
• Familiarity with MATLAB, C/C++, Python or other scientific programming languages.
• Experience working with modern development best practices, including use of revision control.
• Hardware design experience, including schematic capture, layout, routing and initial bring‑up.

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $116,400–$140,000

Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400–$182,200

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans.
• MIT‑funded pension.
• Matching 401K.
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.).
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs.
• Mentorship programs.
• A range of work‑life balance options.
• … and much more.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre‑employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

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