Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Assistant Staff - Electronics, Circuits & Test Engineer

Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Familiarity with complex electronic circuit design and testing
  • Experience with RF design, power electronics, or embedded systems
  • Knowledge of scientific programming languages like C/C++, MATLAB, or Python
  • Ability to secure and maintain a DoD Top Secret security clearance
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and test advanced electronics and RF systems
  • Contribute to hardware development and integration
  • Perform test automation and data analysis
  • Document system performance and design specifications
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for advanced research
  • Support integration and test events with occasional travel

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • MIT-funded pension
  • Matching 401K
  • Paid leave for vacation, sick days, and parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Mentorship programs for career advancement
  • Work-life balance options and more
Full Job Description
Job Description

Group 94, Electronics for Contested Space, is seeking an electronics and test engineer to help design, build, and test advanced electronics and RF systems and space payloads. Activities may include power electronics and/or RF design, hardware development, integration and test, test automation, data analysis, and documentation (schematics, interconnects, board layout, performance, etc.). The successful candidate will work on multi-disciplinary teams executing advanced research and developing systems critical to National Security.

Occasional travel to support integration and test events, presentations to sponsors and the community, and other events may be required.

Requirements
  • A Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
  • Familiarity with designing, building, and testing complex electronic circuits at both PCB and system levels
  • Coursework, interest, and experience with at least one of the following areas:
    • Analog, digital, and mixed signal electronics,
    • RF design,
    • Power electronics design,
    • Embedded systems,
    • Radar applications,
    • Systems engineering,
    • Satellite subsystem development,
    • Test automation (Python, COSMOS, LabView, GPIB/SCPI, etc.).
  • Familiarity with C/C++, MATLAB, Python, or other scientific programming languages.
  • Ability to secure security clearance from the US Department of Defense
  • Demonstrable ability to:
    • Work responsibly and safely in laboratory and assembly environments
    • Develop respectful, productive working relationships
    • Communicate clearly, precisely, and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences
    • Solve broad and/or complex technical or engineering problems
    • Learn and apply advanced technical knowledge quickly and proficiently
  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance desired

Desired Skills
  • Broad engineering and scientific knowledgebase and research skills
  • Experience collecting, processing, analyzing, and reporting experimental data taken in a laboratory environment

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $100,200-$120,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $100,200-$150,000

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including-but not limited to-the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • MIT-funded pension
  • Matching 401K
  • Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
  • Mentorship programs
  • A range of work-life balance options
  • ... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret level DoD security clearance.

Requisition ID: 43295

About Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university is known for its strong emphasis on scientific and technological research and its engineering programs. MIT was founded in 1861 and has a long history of innovation and entrepreneurship. The university has produced numerous Nobel laureates, Rhodes Scholars, and MacArthur Fellows.
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