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# Senior Applied Mathematician to Support Communications, Navigation, and Timing Engineering

- **Company:** MITRE Corporation
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,800.0 - $158,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, C++ (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), MATLAB
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/967FF198C1284EE897575FF515DA8A74/job/

## About the Role

* Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
 * Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or other modeling and data analysis software tools
 * Desire to apply a strong math background to real-world applications and to develop skills in communications, navigation, and timing
 * Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
 * Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
 * This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site, * PhD in mathematics, applied mathematics, or a related discipline
 * Experience with applying theory to real world applications
 * Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
 * The ability to build collaborative and mutually beneficial working relationships with people of different backgrounds

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s)



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