Position title: Postdoctoral Research Associate I
Posted rate of pay: DOE
Category: Appointed: Professional
Job close date: Open until filled
Full time/Part time: Full time
Limited to current UA employees only: No
Documents required to be attached electronically with this application: Letter of Interest, Curriculum Vitae
Position summary: The DARPA Knowledge Enhanced Compressive Measurement (KECoM) project has the primary goals of 1) developing a mathematical framework for incorporating prior knowledge of tasks and observed signals into the design of compressive sensors, and 2) applying this framework to relevant sensing modalities. The UA anticipates a KECoM award to support investigation of information-theoretic techniques for sensor optimization under prior knowledge, as well as application to a compressive spread-spectrum receiver, a compressive radar transmitter/receiver, and a compressive spectral imager.
- Two to three postdoctoral researchers will be hired for the DARPA KECoM effort
- Occasional travel may be required
- Original postdoctoral appointment is for one year with renewal possible for up to a total of three years
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provide advanced technical expertise in RF compressive receiver design/engineering OR compressive spectral imager design/engineering
- Provide advanced technical expertise in compressive sensor modeling AND/OR hardware demonstration systems
- Day-to-day technical supervision of other UA program technical staff
- Periodic reporting and documentation as required by program timeline
Arizona Board of Regents minimum qualifications: Not applicable for this position.
Additional minimum qualifications:
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Optical Sciences/Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Physics, OR related discipline
- Demonstrated experience in RF receiver design and modeling, spectral imager design and modeling, AND/OR signal processing or related disciplines
- Demonstrated ability for independent research with associated publication record
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in compressive sensing
- Experience in spread-spectrum/SIGINT receiver design and implementation
- Experience in radar target recognition
- Experience in information theory
- Experience with MATLAB
- Experience in numerical optimization techniques
- Experience with one or more high-level programming languages (C, C++, etc.)
Job category: Postdoctoral research; Research
Additional information and application procedure are available at www.uacareertrack.com. Search for job number 46112.