MITRE · 17 hours ago
Senior Navigation Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$127K/yr - $190K/yrMITRE is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to tackling the nation's toughest challenges. They are seeking a Senior Navigation Engineer to model, simulate, and analyze Positioning, Navigation, and Timing technologies, while playing a key technical role in ongoing projects.
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNon ProfitQuantum ComputingSaaS
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Modeling, simulation, and analysis of PNT technologies
Testing of PNT technologies and data analysis of experimental results
Play a key technical role on one or more projects within MITRE’s existing PNT work program
Qualification
Required
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field to be obtained May of 2026
Experience with Guidance, Navigation, and control concepts
Experience with GNSS signal processing
Experience with Designing implementing and analyzing estimators and/or controllers for various applications (e.g. Kalman filters for orbit determination)
Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++ or other modeling and data analysis
Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred
Experience with GNSS threat detection and mitigation
Experience with array signal processing
Extensive professional engagement (e.g. recent publication, conference presentations)
Ability to obtain Top Secret or higher clearance
Company
MITRE
The MITRE Corporation is working to solve some of the nation’s biggest challenges in defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, homeland security, the judiciary and transportation.
Founded in 1958
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.05MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyMassachusetts Technology Collaborative
2023-07-27Grant
2023-06-08Grant· $2.05M
Leadership Team
Katie Schroth
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Kerry Buckley
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