What are the responsibilities and job description for the Group 92--Summer Research Program Intern (Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex, We position at MIT Lincoln Laboratory?
Date: Feb 5, 2025
Location: Westford, MA, US
Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
The nation's satellites perform important civil, scientific, and national defense functions such as navigation, communications, weather forecasting, astronomical observations, and surveillance. As space becomes increasingly congested and contested, maintaining awareness of all man-made objects around the Earth is critical for ensuring the safe and effective operation of U.S. satellites.The Advanced Sensors and Techniques Group develops and operates electro-optical (EO) and radio frequency (RF) sensors and resilient space systems critical to maintaining this awareness of the space domain. We develop and operate some of the world's most exquisite optical and radar systems from our main campus in Lexington, MA, with additional opportunities at locations including the Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex (LSSC) in Westford, MA, the Experimental Test Site in Socorro, NM, and the U. S. Army Reagan Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Our team explores novel concepts, develops them into prototypes, and turns those prototypes into impactful operational capabilities. Recent examples include transmitter and receiver upgrades on the world's most sensitive radars, integration and operation of a state-of-the-art space telescope, development of advanced signal processing techniques, development of fully automated high-resolution image processing capabilities, demonstration of high-precision multi-sensor data fusion, and design and demonstration of long-baseline coherent receive apertures.
The Advanced Sensors and Techniques Group is seeking a summer Intern to help design and build the next generation of space surveillance sensors and architectures. Activities may include scientific programming, data analysis, hardware development, fabrication, testing, and documentation.
This position will be located at the Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex in Westford, MA.
Requirements
The successful candidate must be actively enrolled in a PhD, MS or BS degree program inElectrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Aeronautics/Astronautics Engineering or other relevant technical field. Applicants must have familiarity with C/C , MATLAB, Python, or other scientific programming languages and skills and experience in one or more of the following areas: signal processing, aerospace applications, remote sensing applications, hardware fabrication, or electronics integration and test.
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.
Requisition ID: 41808
Nearest Major Market: Boston
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RF, Security Clearance, Defense, Physics, DoD, Science, Government
