Principal Scientist Communication Systems
$180,000–$220,000 year
On-site · Groton, Connecticut, United States
Job Summary
Principal Scientist to design and develop maritime systems (50%), lead projects (25%), and contribute to proposals and new business captures (25%). Requires PhD in electrical/ocean/mechanical engineering, acoustics, or related field with expertise in digital communications, maritime hardware design and prototyping, robotics, and acoustic signal processing. Experience with marine hardware and sensor arrays, data acquisition, embedded processors, transducers, and subsea cables; strong proposal-writing and presentation abilities; proficient in Matlab; excellent written and oral communication for internal reviews and customer briefs.
Required Qualifications
- PhD in electrical/ocean/mechanical engineering, acoustics, or related field
- Subject matter expertise in digital communications, maritime hardware design and prototyping, robotics, and acoustic signal processing
- Experience with marine hardware or system design (sensor arrays, data acquisition, low power embedded processors, batteries, power amplifiers, transducers, subsea cables and connectors)
- Experience writing proposals and leading new business captures
- Working knowledge of digital and analog circuits
- Exceptional communication skills (written and oral) to lead meetings and prepare written briefs for internal reviews and with customers
- Experience fielding systems, running prototype demonstrations, post processing data to determine system performance, and creating presentation materials to debrief customer
- Expert Matlab programming skills
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