Research adversary warfare systems technology trends and techniques
Participate in defining requirements for EW compact payloads
Apply knowledge of adversary technologies and notional blue‑force concepts of operations to define requirements for EW compact payloads
Derive RF requirements for mixed analog, digital and photonics design and translate into photonics specifications
Apply novel trends in photonics RF such as wideband receivers and transmitters, oscillators, low‑noise amplifiers, high‑power amplifiers, filters, and photonics computation to EW applications including receive, process, and transmit
Work with multi‑mode (mixed analog/digital/photonics) integrated circuit designers to develop requirements and specifications for fabricated and heterogeneously integrated electronics such as photonics integrated circuits
Work with ARL photonics experts and utilize lab equipment to develop physical bench‑level and lab demonstrations of photonics EW applications
Work with ARL manufacturing experts to integrate photonics RF into heterogeneous structures consisting of conformal antennas, photonics, analog and digital electronics, bio‑inspired computing and emerging energy storage layers
Requirements
Recent graduate of PhD program from an R1 university with specialization in Photonics RF to include receivers, transmitters, mixers, filters, oscillators, and photonics computation
Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills
Ability to work independently and in a team environment
US Citizen with ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
Completion of Post‑Doc
Experience with EW applications
Working knowledge of MATLAB or Python
Interest in advancing and prioritizing national security technologies