Staff Engineer-Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)

at  Applied Research Associates Inc

ARA is seeking a Staff Engineer with a background in unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) systems to support US Navy UUV Modeling, simulation, and testing efforts. Seeking an individual with an understanding of unmanned underwater vehicle systems (Remotely operated and autonomous vehicles), machine learning, and AI to assist a research team in finding solutions for current UUVs and discovering new capabilities.
As a Staff Engineer, you will collaborate with a team of researchers on UUV designs, architectures, testing and development.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant field and 2-4 years’ experience in unmanned underwater vehicle systems.
• U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• Knowledge in theoretical and practical UUV operations, including mechanical, electrical, hardware, software, sensors, and controls.
• Knowledge in UUV design, modification, testing, data analysis, troubleshooting, and operations.
• Experience with Underwater environment and vehicle data collection using custom or third-party sensor systems.
• Experience developing and conducting UUV tests and evaluations for the purposes of developing models & simulations and/or verifying and validating models & simulations.
• Experience preparing research reports, technical proposals, formal presentations, and reading/interpretating data.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite.
• Ability to work independently or in a diverse team setting.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Working with U.S. Navy UUVs or similar.
• Working with the Naval Autonomy Test System (NATS), NATS Integrated Management System (NIMS), and/or Virtual Maritime Autonomy Test Environment (VMATE).
• Developing and/or using Tactical Awareness Kit (TAK) applications.
• Developing and conducting testing for digital twin environments.
• Surveying underwater environments and finding/collecting available data for testing.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.

Please refer the Job description for details