Principal Signal Processing Researcher Job at STR (Dayton)

Principal Investigator, Federal Research Projects

We are seeking a Principal Investigator (PI) to support proposal development and...

Location

United States

Salary:

Not provided

DaqScribe Solutions

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong background in embedded computing systems and real-time signal processing
Experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
Proven leadership in conducting research projects and managing small teams
Skilled in data analysis and research methodologies
Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and in a remote environment
Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
U.S. citizenship is required
Must be able to obtain and obtain a security clearance at the Secret (S) and Top Secret (TS) levels

Job Responsibility

Lead proposal development for federal research opportunities in relevant topic areas or related domains
Manage and guide a multidisciplinary research team through concept, execution, and delivery
Design, implement, and evaluate novel signal processing and machine learning methodologies
Contribute to commercialization strategies stemming from federally sponsored R&D projects
Interface with government sponsors, collaborators, and internal teams throughout the research lifecycle
Participate in the “Technology Transfer” and commercialization process for all prototypes and technologies developed through government-funded research projects

Fulltime

Principal R&D Engineer

Silvus is seeking a Principal R&D Engineer who will report to the Vice President...

Location

United States , Los Angeles

Salary:

180000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year

Silvus Technologies (International)

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

MS. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related communication and/or engineering technology field (i.e., wireless communications, signal processing, networking, RF design, etc.)
Minimum 10 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems
5 years of demonstrated experience in technical project leadership (i.e., principal investigator)
Participation in the complete technology development cycle: design to field testing
Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts
All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check

Job Responsibility

Technical management of Research and Development projects and programs
Responsibility for overall system design and requirement specification
Setting and tracking development schedules and tasks
Participating in the hands-on design, simulation, and verification work
Overseeing relevant simulation, software, FPGA, and testing efforts
Customer-facing engagement and technical material preparation when needed
Reporting to management, as required for strategic planning and assessment
Participate in Research and Development business development and capture efforts
Whitepaper and proposal preparation
Understand current technology and pitch future enhancements and strategies

Fulltime

Principal User Experience Researcher

As a Principal UX Researcher at Rapid7, you will help define how we understand c...

Location

United Kingdom , Belfast

Salary:

Not provided

Rapid7

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strategic research leadership with systems-level thinking
Deep expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methods
Strong synthesis and insight storytelling that influences senior stakeholders and executives
Ability to drive clarity and alignment in ambiguous, complex problem spaces
Experience leading research across enterprise, multi-product, or platform environments
Proven ability to influence product strategy beyond feature-level decision making
Strong partnership with Staff and Principal Designers, Senior Product Managers, and Engineering Leaders
Ability to plan and maintain research roadmaps aligned to company and product goals
Experience embedding research insights into modular workflows, navigation structures, and AI-supported interactions
Ability to connect insights from research, analytics, feedback, and market signals into coherent strategic narratives

Job Responsibility

Define and evolve the unified platform research strategy across products, personas, and workflows
Lead complex, mixed-method research that informs navigation, workflow unification, and AI-assisted experiences
Translate qualitative and quantitative evidence into clear, compelling insights that influence roadmaps, prioritisation, and investment decisions
Build research frameworks, playbooks, and enablement practices that scale research effectiveness and maturity across the organisation

New

Principal RF Systems Integration Engineer

Lead RF test, measurement, and system integration activities in support of integ...

Location

United States , Atlanta

Salary:

206000.00 - 284000.00 USD / Year

STR

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Active Security Clearance, with eligibility to support special access programs, for which US Citizenship is required by the US government
PhD, MS, or BS in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related technical discipline with 8–10+ years of relevant experience depending on degree
Relevant experience designing, integrating and testing RF sensor and/or communication systems
Familiarity with RF component technology and performance characteristics
Strong scientific programming skills including Matlab, Python, Simulink and/or C/C++
Ability to translate customer requirements to determine research focus
Strong communication skills and the ability to describe complex technical concepts to fellow researchers as well as to non-technical people
Deep expertise in RF systems, radar systems, and RF test & measurement
Strong understanding of radar architectures, waveforms, modes, and RF signal chains

Job Responsibility

Lead RF testing, measurement, and characterization efforts across lab, integration, and system-level environments
Develop a deep technical understanding of a third-party radar system, including RF architecture, signal chains, modes, interfaces, and operational constraints
Define and own the RF systems integration approach for implementing a new mode on an externally developed radar
Translate system-level objectives into clear RF, interface, and integration requirements
Design and validate integration strategies, including RF interfaces, timing, control, and signal processing impacts
Collaborate closely with the external radar developer to resolve RF, system, and integration challenges
Lead integration test planning, execution, and analysis, including defining success criteria and validation methods
Identify risks and tradeoffs related to RF performance, integration complexity, and system compatibility
Serve as the technical lead and escalation point for RF systems integration issues
Communicate findings and recommendations to internal leadership and cross-organizational stakeholders

Fulltime

New

Principal Program Manager

The OTAS Group is seeking a part-time Principal Program Manager with a highly op...

Location

United States , Arlington

Salary:

187500.00 - 240000.00 USD / Year

STR

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Current TS/SSBI with SCI, ability to gain and SAP accreditations required, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
Technical Degree and 10+ years of prior relevant experience in government contracting, research and development (R&D), scientific & technical intelligence (S&TI), or advanced technology production
Program Manager or Control Account Manager experience in a design and development and/or build contract including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) definition, schedule generation, financial analysis/reporting, and resource management
Experience in Proposal Management including planning and cost estimation
Experience managing projects larger than $10M for the Department of War or IC
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
Successful experience in leading and managing multi-discipline teams
Strong presentation and organizational skills

Job Responsibility

Effectively executing multiple programs ensuring cost, schedule and technical program metrics are being tracked and within plan
Lead proposals by providing expertise in proposal development while ensuring adherence to a gated capture process
Create Subcontractor statements of work and manage/track Subcontractors to ensure proper execution
Work with contract manufacturers to build up to LRIP and then meet LRIP milestones with high quality
Lead multi-functional teams
Provide regular program briefs to Group and Division Leadership
Create and maintain an environment that fosters collaboration by giving clear direction and constructive feedback to the team
Monitor progress against goals: anticipate risks, resolve issues, and initiate corrective actions as appropriate

Parttime

New

Senior Security Researcher

The Intelligence Graph Research team within Microsoft CTO organization is respon...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
8+ years of experience in security research, detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, or applied security data science (or equivalent depth of expertise)
3+ years of experience in Azure and Entra security concepts: authentication flows, service principals/app registrations, permissions/consents, conditional access, role assignments, tokens, workload identities, and common abuse paths
3+ years building anomaly detections over large-scale telemetry, including Baselines, time-series aggregates, and behavioral modeling, High-volume log analytics and query optimization (e.g., KQL/ADX or equivalent), Designing alert funnels and triage logic to reduce noise
3+ years in experience in applied ML skills for security problems: Feature engineering, model selection, evaluation design, drift monitoring, Experience shipping ML or statistical detection into production systems
3+ years in experience in Python/C# (data pipelines, modeling, production code quality), distributed processing (e.g., Spark/Databricks/Flink) and large datasets (Parquet/data lakes)
1+ years experience with graph analytics for security use cases (attack paths, entity resolution, graph embeddings, community detection, anomaly scoring) and/or graph databases (Neo4j or similar)
1+ years experience building or operationalizing LLM-powered or agentic investigation systems: Tool-driven agents, retrieval, memory, prompt/eval harnesses, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop workflow
1+ years with Microsoft cloud security telemetry sources such as: Entra sign-in/audit logs, app consent events, Azure activity logs, Key Vault diagnostics, storage access logs, Graph API activity, etc

Job Responsibility

Build cloud-scale anomaly detections: Design and implement high-signal anomaly detectors across Azure/Entra and custom log sources (control plane, data plane, identity/auth, app activity, Graph API, Key Vault, storage, etc.)
Create detection funnels that reduce noise while preserving true positives, with measurable improvements in alert quality and investigation time
Develop baselines and “pattern-of-life” models for identities, service principals, applications, tenants, and infrastructure
Convert detections into ML models and scalable pipelines: Translate research detections into ML approaches (supervised, weakly-supervised, semi-supervised, anomaly detection) and deploy them into reliable pipelines
Engineer features at scale (time-series aggregates, behavior fingerprints, graph-derived features, sequence features) and evaluate performance with rigorous metrics (precision/recall, alert volume, time-to-triage, drift)
Own end-to-end lifecycle from hypothesis to productionization

Fulltime

New

Principal Project Manager

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the ...

Location

Singapore , Singapore

Salary:

Not provided

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 12+ years experience in consulting/professional services delivery, project management, or leading portfolio management, complex programs, or revenue-driven (e.g., $3 million +) programs, strong pre-sales and proposal delivery experience
OR equivalent experience
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
6+ years consulting, professional services, or related financial management experience (e.g., cost management, revenue forecasting)
Agile certification, Scrum Master, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Professional Scrum Master One (PSM1) certification
Certification in relevant industry

Job Responsibility

Researches and proactively shares intellectual property (IP) and provides recommendations for improvement including submitting new IP. Holds others accountable for reusing appropriate IP and collective knowledge by enforcing use of processes and artifacts with team members
Engages with senior internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Chief Executive-level executives) as a peer with subject matter expertise. Prevents and manages escalated situations through strategic and targeted communications with senior stakeholders and delivers difficult messages as needed. Establishes governance to influence customer decision making and diffuses situations in escalations as needed
Drives customer satisfaction by representing Microsoft to senior customer stakeholders (e.g., Chief Executive-level), reviewing and analyzing customer feedback, and leveraging trusted relationships with senior internal resources to act as the voice of the customer and ensure resolution of challenged deliveries. Manages expectations with a high level of political sensitivity by anticipating customer reactions, interpreting small signals, and taking proactive steps accordingly
Adheres to project compliance standards (e.g., confidentiality, privacy) and requirements of the contract and accommodates customer compliance standards, including managing compliance-related complexities (e.g., high sensitivity to confidentiality). Champions compliance by contributing to knowledge sharing across teams to build compliance capability of others
Drives project initiation for projects of high complexity (e.g., tailored offerings, high visibility, high impact, market making) by driving commitment of delivery resources, assigning resources across workstreams, and creating complex work breakdown structures (WBSs) with delivery team
Balances needs across projects in challenging situations (e.g., scarce technical resources) and collaborates with other groups (e.g., Independent Software Vendors, India Global Delivery) on integrated planning and organization of onshore/offshore projects
Leads contracting process for partner resources (e.g., contractors, vendors) by briefing partners, coordinating partner candidate interviews, and identifying and acclimating partner resources to the team. Negotiates and structures fixed-fee subcontractor contracts
Leads pre-sales process for high-impact projects by articulating the business value proposition associated with the project/change, evaluating associated complexities and risks to ensure feasibility of commercial offer, and reviewing work of peers for quality. Participates in review of proposed scope and assists in developing Statement of Work (SOW), Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs), estimates, preliminary risk assessments, etc
Develops detailed project management plan to drive predictable delivery for large and/or complex projects, leveraging expertise and experience to drive scope, resources, and Microsoft project schedule in alignment and collaboration with customer plan. Ensures use of baselining, resource load balancing, and application of work effort, dependency management, contingency planning, and utilization of software (e.g., Timeline)
Establishes clear expectations and accountabilities (e.g., reconfirm scope, Responsible-Accountable-Consulted-Informed matrix) with all project team members (e.g., consultants) and stakeholders, as well as other Consulting Project Managers, for teams of high complexity by leading internal and external kick-off meetings (e.g., sales to delivery handoff, formal kick-off meetings)

Fulltime

Principal Product Manager

M365 Copilot growth is one of the most strategically important investments at Mi...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

139900.00 - 274800.00 USD / Year

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
8-10+ years of experience in product/program management within large-scale technology firms
Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional and cross-team initiatives that modernize operational processes and reduce overhead
Solid product management experience in growth, engagement, or ROB automation, ideally within large-scale ecosystems
Customer-driven focus
observing subscribers/gathering feedback, and working with Product, Design and Research teams
Experienced in data-driven decision-making: designing dashboards, funnel instrumentation, and experimentation frameworks
Skilled at partnering with engineering, data science, and product teams to deliver automated reporting and insights
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple product groups without direct authority
Experienced applying quantitative and qualitative research to optimize acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention funnels

Job Responsibility

Define and execute on the Product-led Growth strategy for growing M365 Copilot adoption across Windows, Office, Edge, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem
Articulate a phased product vision that aligns with Microsoft’s business objectives, synthesizing customer data with market, competitive, and technology trends to inform product direction
Partner closely with design and engineering teams to deliver and optimize investments that improve the M365 Copilot experience across Microsoft and across platforms
Participate and drive cross-company forums and strategic partnerships, including with Windows, Office, Edge, and other major business units
Continually invest in PLG best practices for measurement, experimentation, and operational rigor in how we work
working closely with data teams and also partnering with business teams on targets and ongoing performance
Engage with customers and customer listening signals to ensure we have a strong qualitative understanding of product quality and performance
Lead partnerships and cross-company initiatives that ensure the best customer experience and effectively leverage deep technical investments to support teams across Microsoft

What we offer

Relocation assistance is available

Fulltime

Principal Signal Processing Researcher

STR

Location:
United States , Dayton

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
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Job Posted:
February 18, 2026

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