Senior R&D Professional - Secure and Resilient Communications
Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Posted Nov 10, 2026
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Senior
- 15+ years
Lead complex, cross-disciplinary R&D projects in secure and resilient communications, developing advanced hardware and software solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-disciplinary projects by collaborating with scientists and engineers and contributing to high-impact reports, publications, and proposals.
- Provide technical guidance on software and hardware system architectures, including evaluation of hardware/software trade-offs, strategies for software reuse, effective incorporation of Commercial Off‑the‑Shelf (COTS) components, and requirements analysis and decomposition.
- Design, develop, and integrate reusable software and system components into new and existing architectures, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Oversee programming, testing, documentation, version control, and data management for projects, ensuring technical excellence and adherence to best practices.
- Apply machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to process RF information and enhance decision‑making.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Aerospace, or closely related discipline
- Nice to have: Embedded Linux
- Nice to have: Python
- Nice to have: Embedded C/C++
- Nice to have: C#