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The Environmental and Information Systems (EIS) Department is recruiting for a full-time Signal Processor / Software Engineer to join their team. As an integral member of the signal processing group within EIS, the incumbent will support and develop complex specialty software for engineering research programs, and be primarily engaged in the development, both independently and as a part of a dynamic team, of complex software for detection, classification, localization, and tracking of targets in sonar applications, and sensor processing for autonomous systems.
See yourself at APL as a full-time Signal Processor / Software Engineer! As a valuable team member of the Environmental and Information Systems (EIS) Department, the incumbent will develop complex specialty software for engineering research programs, with a focus on detection, classification, localization, and tracking of targets in sonar applications, and senior processing for autonomous systems.