Sensors Co-op / Electronic Systems Innovation Center

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Period of Work: July - December 2025

Location(s): Bedford, MA

In Office Requirements: Full time in person

Clearance Requirement: Students must be eligible for a U.S. Government Security Clearance

The Advanced Maritime and Acoustic Technologies department (L156) in MITRE Labs supports a wide range of BlueTech projects, driving transformative solutions and delivering cutting-edge technologies that address some of the most challenging issues our nation is facing, from national security and defense to climate change.

Seeking a July-December Co-op to join our team to aid in research and development, modeling and simulation, testing and evaluation, and rapid prototyping. Desired fields include sensing, acoustic communications, unmanned underwater vehicles, maritime autonomy, oceanography, and climate science to support missions ranging from maritime defense to sustainable development of the Blue Economy. The ideal candidate will possess a strong ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment alongside technical leaders, while also being confident contributing to projects outside those areas.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support in the design of next-generation transducer and acoustic sensors
• Rapidly prototype sensors and communication platforms
• Support in the development of state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms for underwater sensing and communication systems
• Conduct oceanographic acoustic modeling for predicting and assessing undersea sensor system characteristics

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
• Strong technical background with experience in one or more of the following: acoustic, radar, and/or sonar signal processing, algorithm development, detection and estimation theory, wave propagation, numerical methods, experimental data analysis, prototype development, and/or communication theory.
• Experience using analytical software tools such as MATLAB or Python for modeling, simulation, and analysis of physical systems.
• Sustained excellence in academic performance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proactive self-starter with strong analytical, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated interest in serving the public.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Secret

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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