Technical SETA (Signal Processing)

Job Title: Technical SETA (Signal Processing)



Location: Bethesda, MD



Eligibility: This opening requires that the candidate possess an active

TS/SCI Clearance



Job Description:



We provide Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA)

support to a government research funding organization dedicated to

investing in high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of

the most difficult challenges of national security.



The successful candidate will support the government program manager by

participating in or leading all activities in support of the Program

lifecycle in the areas of program development, source selection,

execution, closeout, and transition. The candidate will also be

responsible for coordinating meetings, assessing performer technical

progress, projecting performer outcomes, and ensuring that project

management best practices are followed by performers, independent

verification and validation (IV&V) entities, and within the government

funding organization itself.



Responsibilities:



- Analysis of emerging science and technology R&D opportunities

through literature review; outreach to the research community;

summarizing, analyzing, and visualizing data in spreadsheet and

graphical forms



- Generating briefing materials and agency documents required for new

program approval



- Program management at all stages over the program lifecycle

including BAA drafting; feedback on proposals; interactions with

proposers and performers; meeting organization and participation;

transition partner and industry partner engagement



- Serve as a technical liaison between Performers, Government, Test

and Evaluation team, and Transition partners



- Lead periodic performer assessments to analyze findings in

coordination with the test and evaluation team, assess technical and

schedule risks; develop management strategies; communicate findings

to program manager



- Technical evaluations and guidance on reports, briefings, and other

performer communications



- Presentation and report preparation



- Program administration, including development of technical analyses,

identification of technology gaps, technical risk management,

project cost estimation, technology transfer efforts, as well as

supporting technical reviews



- Attending and organizing program reviews/site visits/field tests



The ideal candidate should possess technical research, development, and

engineering experience in machine learning, wireless communications and

signal processing, large language models, assessment of data links,

software development, and mathematics/statistics.



Requirements:



- A master’s or doctorate degree in mathematics, engineering, computer

science, or related technical field.



- Two (2) years of experience working on machine learning or

artificial intelligence technologies.



- Two (2) years of experience working within any software development

group project.



- Two (2) years of experience working on any type of digital

communications project (not just wireless or radio frequency (RF)).



- One (1) year experience supporting the management of a

multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and

Evaluation (T&E) team.



- One (1) years of experience creating program plans, work breakdown

structures, and milestone schedules.



Desired capabilities and characteristics:



- One (1) year of experience in the Intelligence Community (IC),

including experience with requirements, CONOPS, and transition.



- Two (2) years of experience editing scientific articles, papers, or

presentations for a range of audiences.



- Two (2) published first-author peer-reviewed scientific articles OR

primary technical holder on two (2) US patent applications - within

fields relevant to the technical backgrounds identified above.



- Four (4) years of experience managing multi-disciplinary research

and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) teams.