Early Career Microwave & Sensor, Synthetic Aperture Radar - Onsite

Early Career Microwave & Sensor, Synthetic Aperture Radar - Onsite

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We are seeking a R&D S&E, Microwave & Sensor Engineering. The selected candidate will perform research and develop work focused on making orbital, aerial, and terrestrial sensors and their associated platforms and support equipment more autonomous through the application of cutting‑edge remote sensing and perception methods, with specific emphasis on analyzing confidence scores and metrics and enhancing the confidence calibration processes and tools associated with autonomous sensing frameworks.

Candidate will help design, construct, and exercise scalable internal verification and validation frameworks for autonomous sensing systems.

The successful application will have experience in relevant technical areas such as image and signal processing, applied mathematics, software development, remote sensing, data exploitation, high‑performance computing, statistics, algorithm development, and/or radar sensor data.

Conduct analysis of sensor data collections employing advanced statistical methods and mathematical techniques to extract meaningful insights.

Identify and explore potential quantitative approaches for autonomous information extraction/analysis suitable for higher‑confidence decision making.

Develop algorithms that will enable the autonomous processing of multiple live sensor streams in real time, in both data center and edge environments.

Implement and deploy high potential approaches in software, working closely with diverse teams of scientists and engineers from across Sandia and external partner organizations (government, academia, industry) that are designing and building multiple sensor systems, platforms, and ground stations.

Some travel is required for this position. Due to the nature of the work, this candidate must be able to work onsite.

$102,400 - $199,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.

Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q and SCI level clearances.

The ideal Microwave and Sensor candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).

Laboratory skills and knowledge of RF and digital test equipment.

Knowledge of RF, Digital Communications, Electronic Warfare, and Cyber Security systems and principles.

Ability to work successfully in a dynamic, interdisciplinary, teaming environment.

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