Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Assistant Staff (Space Tactics and Test)

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Physics, Mathematics or Applied Mathematics
  • Strong academic background with clear evidence of excellence
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively
  • Experience with high-level programming languages like Python or Java
  • Intellectual curiosity and a proactive attitude towards exploring new technical areas

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with technical leads to develop innovative technical solutions
  • Document technical work through comprehensive briefings and presentations
  • Engage in data analysis and algorithm development to support research endeavors
  • Contribute to the group's mission by solving challenging technical problems
  • Execute technical initiatives that impact military capabilities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • MIT-funded pension plan
  • 401K match
  • Generous paid leave including vacation and parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and access to continuing education
  • Mentorship programs to foster professional development
  • Variety of work-life balance options
Full Job Description
Job Description

Group 93 is seeking a uniquely skilled individual to join our team as a member of the Assistant Technical Staff. In this role, you will leverage your technical proficiency to help architect execute the group's technical initiatives. You will work with technical leads for the group's projects to develop technical solutions to the toughest problems facing the military. You will provide documentation of your technical work, through briefings and presentations. You will work on data analysis and algorithm development to support the group's research efforts.

Requirements:
  • Bachelors in Physics, Mathematics or Applied Mathematics
  • Clear evidence of academic excellence
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and explain complex technical ideas
  • Familiarity with high level programming languages (Python, Java, etc.) to solve scientific or engineering modeling or data analysis problems
  • Intellectual curiosity and desire to lead exploration into new technical areas in support of the group's mission

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Course work in a technical area related to the Group's mission, such as, signal processing, dynamical modeling, high volume data analytics
  • Knowledge of optical, radar or passive RF sensors
  • Understanding of orbital astrodynamics

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 Secret level DoD security clearance.

Requisition ID: 43241

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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