Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Physics and Technology Analyst-Technical Staff

Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Physics, Mathematics, Aeronautics/Astronautics, Engineering, or related field; Master's with 5+ years of experience accepted
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and in teams
  • Ability to quickly learn new technical areas
  • Experience in breaking down complex technical problems
  • Familiarity with MATLAB-based modeling and data analysis
  • Must obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Conduct systems analysis studies of DoD missions and technologies
  • Develop physics- and engineering-based models related to various technologies
  • Collaborate with experts to enhance understanding of critical systems
  • Prepare and present high-quality briefings on study findings
  • Communicate key recommendations to diverse audiences
  • Utilize interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle complex challenges

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • MIT-funded pension
  • Matching 401K
  • Paid leave for vacation, sick leave, parental leave, military leave, etc.
  • Tuition reimbursement and education programs
  • Mentorship programs
  • Various work-life balance options
  • Other voluntary benefits, discounts, and perks
Full Job Description
Position Description

What will you do?

As a Technical Staff member of the ISR Systems and Architectures Group, you will be responsible for systems analysis studies of critical DoD missions, planned DoD capabilities, and new technologies. This entails contributing to the development of physics- and engineering-based models for a wide array of technologies related to sensors, aircraft, satellites, communication systems, navigation, and data exploitation. While previous experience in these systems isn't required, you must be able to leverage your strong technical background to rapidly become knowledgeable about these technologies as you learn from, and collaborate with, experts across the Laboratory. Additionally, you will prepare and present high-quality briefings to convey key study findings and recommendations, and will deliver these to a range of audiences including DoD senior leaders, government technology experts, and Lincoln Laboratory colleagues.

Requirements

  • Doctorate in Physics, Mathematics, Aeronautics/Astronautics, Engineering, or a related technical field. In lieu of a doctorate, a Master's degree with 5+ years of experience will be considered
  • Self-motivated, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with highly interdisciplinary teams


Desired Qualifications

  • Ability to quickly learn new technical areas
  • Demonstrated ability to break down complex technical problems and communicate key findings to a wide range of audiences
  • Experience with MATLAB-based modeling, simulation, and data analysis
  • Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret level security clearance with compartmented program eligibility


Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $145,200-$170,000

Experienced Hiring Range: $145,200-$220,000

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 will obtain and maintain a Secret clearance to start but must be willing and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret level DoD security clearance with compartmented program eligibility in the future.

Requisition ID: 43171

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