Cleared Early Career Electrical Engineer, Autonomous Sensing and Perception- Onsite

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We are seeking a R&D S&E Electrical Engineer to join the Autonomous Sensing and Perception team. The selected candidate will perform software/algorithm research and development 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 algorithm development for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery analysis capabilities.

The candidate will develop and deploy automated SAR software solutions within autonomous sensing systems.

• Develop algorithms that will enable the autonomous processing of multiple live SAR sensor streams in real time, in both data center and edge environments
• Contribute to long‑term, strategic upgrades to existing algorithms as well as short‑term, reactive upgrades to address critical needs
• Contribute to development and improvement of existing algorithms as well as the exploration and implementation of new algorithms
• Conduct analysis of SAR sensor data collections employing advanced statistical methods and other quantitative mathematical techniques to extract meaningful insights suitable for high‑confidence decision making
• Develop applications that would allow for information to be automatically extracted from sensor and platform data and properly contextualized for autonomous high‑confidence decision making
• Investigate and remediate problems in real time within operational systems and workflows
• Develop verification and validation routines to ensure compliant inputs and outputs for SAR algorithms within operational frameworks contributed to by internal and external collaborators
• Assist in upholding best software practices by contributing to CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, maintenance, and documentation using Git Lab CI/CD and other Dev Ops tools
• Develop applications that use SAR modeling and simulation software to train autonomous systems
• Collaborate with multiple 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
• Work onsite due to the sensitive and classified nature of the work environment

* Some travel is required for this position.

$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.
• Active DOE Q and SCI level clearances.

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