MIT Lincoln Laboratory Information Session
MIT Lincoln Laboratory was established in 1951 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Federally-Funded Research and Development Center, with primary emphasis on application of advanced electronics to national defense. The Laboratory offers an exceptional environment for conducting research, since it has academic roots in a great institution, yet is closely involved with practical problems of national significance. The Laboratory's core work is in the areas of sensors, information extraction, communications, and integrated sensing and decision support. Current mission areas are in air defense technology,
communications and information technology, tactical surveillance technology, advanced electronics technology, space control, ballistic
missile defense, and biological-chemical defense. In addition to its work for the Department of Defense, the Laboratory has a significant
program in air traffic control for the FAA, as well as work for NOAA and NASA.
Although the Laboratory does not build production equipment, it does develop and test experimental and prototype systems as well as carry out
theoretical studies and laboratory investigations. Work at the Laboratory extends from basic research, through the development of devices and components, to the design, construction, and operation of complex systems.
Lincoln Laboratory has career opportunities for theoretical investigation as well as work with experimental systems in the field. Due to the highly complex nature of our work, we have the greatest need for graduate engineers with an MS or a PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics and for BS or MS-level software engineers and scientific programmers. Due to our contracts with the Department of Defense employment at the Laboratory requires U.S. citizenship.
Lincoln Laboratory will also be recruiting for undergraduates and graduates for our two summer programs for students majoring in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or comparable fields. Each program affords students the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a leading edge research environment that complements their studies.