Underwater Sensors Engineer Co-op

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future. The Maritime and Acoustics Department in MITRE’s Signals and Electronics Division is a cross-domain team of engineers and scientists working at the intersection of underwater acoustics, HF propagation, sonar analysis, acoustic communications, and prototype sensing systems. We work on some of the most technically demanding problems in undersea and maritime defense, designing and testing prototype systems, developing propagation models and sensing algorithms, and advancing acoustic communications for contested environments, all in direct support of government sponsors with real-world mission impact. Our work spans physics-based modeling and algorithm development, hands‑on hardware prototyping and evaluation in the BlueTech Lab, and field testing of systems in operational environments. Roles & Responsibilities Contribute to solving complex maritime engineering challenges by performing one or more of the following activities: Designing next‑generation transducers and acoustic sensors Rapidly prototyping sensor and communication platforms Supporting the development of state‑of‑the‑art signal‑processing algorithms for underwater sensing and communications Conducting ocean‑acoustic modeling to predict and assess undersea sensor‑system performance Basic Qualifications Sustained excellence in academic performance Must be a student enrolled full‑time in an accredited degree‑seeking program in Electrical / Computer Engineering or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full‑time the semester following the internship. Ability to obtain and maintain at least a Secret security clearance which requires US citizenship. Working towards BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering Proactive self‑starter with strong analytical, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills. Candidates should have a 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. This position is in person out of Bedford, MA. This position requires a minimum of 5 days a week on‑site. 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) None Salary compensation range and midpoint $46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual Work Location Type Onsite It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io for general support and View email address on click.appcast.io for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only. #J-18808-Ljbffr Mitre Corporation