# Principal Algorithm and Signal Processing Engineer

Principal Algorithm and Signal Processing Engineer About the Team: The Sensors Division develops advanced solutions in radar, space-based sensing, electronic warfare, and underwater acoustics. Within the Space Missions and Sensing (SMS) Sector, we focus on advancing space sensing, space control, and counter-sensing technologies for critical national security missions. The Role: Principal Algorithm and Signal Processing Engineer The SMS Sector is seeking a Principal Algorithm and Signal Processing Engineer to lead the development of state-of-the-art algorithms for the next generation of space systems. In this role, you will bridge the gap between foundational research and mission-ready deployment, developing techniques for EO/IR and RF sensor detection, classification, and autonomous space platform and payload orchestration. Your work will center on advancing space-based sensing and spacecraft control, leveraging RF, radar, and machine learning to solve complex sensing and resource management challenges. As a technical leader, you will engage directly with customers to translate high-level national security needs into rigorous mathematical frameworks and deployable prototypes. You w

- **Id**: 4047444
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/systems-and-technology-research-principal-algorithm-and-signal-processing-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dayton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T20:50:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T00:33:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Cyber Warfare, Defense AI

## Company

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- **Name**: Systems and Technology Research
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- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 39
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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 49
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 174000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **MLFlow** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Ray** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow C++** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T00:33:30Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

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- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
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- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 49
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T04:29:51Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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