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Teledyne Senior Research Scientist in Durham, North Carolina
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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.
We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.
Job Description
Company Overview
Teledyne Scientific Company (TSC) has a legacy of over 50 years of advanced research and technology development. Our customer base consists of DARPA, ONR, AFRL, ARL, and other government and proprietary customers. TSC’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory in North Carolina is a state-of-the-art research and development research facility, dedicated to R&D in the areas of computational neuroscience, deep learning, machine learning, persistent surveillance, autonomous systems, and computer vision. The laboratory currently is host to world-class scientists and engineers, with advanced degrees in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, neuroscience, chemistry, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.
Position Summary and Responsibilities
Teledyne Scientific Company is seeking candidates for a Senior Research Scientist to support advanced research and development and program capture for machine learning and other advanced technology applications. This position is at our research laboratory in Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina.
Primary Responsibilities:
The position involves driving strategic direction, program capture, and research and development tasks related to mathematics, computer software and algorithm development, machine learning, laboratory experiments, and demonstrations. Specific duties include:
Lead programs as a Principal Investigator
Lead program capture and proposal writing efforts
Organize and lead program execution to meet program deliverables and metrics
Design, develop and test mathematical algorithms for various projects involving signal/image processing and machine learning
Design, develop and test software related to signal/image processing and machine learning
Work closely with team members to develop solutions to challenging problems
Prepare and present results to customers, executives, and technical staff
Skills/Experience:
Proven track record of writing winning proposals to DARPA, IARPA, and other DoD and IC organizations
At least 5 years of experience with program capture and leading programs as PI
Strong foundation in numerical techniques (FFT, Monte Carlo, finite elements, linear algebra, PDEs, ODEs, statistics, etc.) are required
Expertise with specific computational domains, such as machine learning/artificial intelligence, image processing, signal processing is required
Experience with CUDA and GPU programming strongly desired
Experience with Rancher/Kubernetes is a plus
Familiarity with scientific programming in Python is required
Strong skills in successfully organizing and coordinating projects and activities
Excellent interpersonal and communication (presentation & writing) skills
Coursework in software development and computer architecture required
Coursework in algorithms is strongly desired
Education:
- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical discipline
Citizenship & Clearance:
Candidates are required to be U.S. Citizens
Ability to obtain a security clearance is required
Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.
Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.