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Senior Radar Engineer

Huntsville, ALOnsiteFull TimeSeniorPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Secret Security Clearance
  • Radar Systems
  • reverse engineering
  • Software Tool Development
  • Hardware-in-the-Loop
  • Verification
  • Validation
  • Radar Models
  • OOP
  • JAVA

Role summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Radar Engineer for their STARS FBM Planner Software Development Team in Huntsville, Alabama. The role involves MDS Sensor modeling for warfighter training and exercises. Responsibilities include radar systems analysis, root cause identification, simplifying tactical radar algorithms, and documenting results. The engineer will develop analysis tools using MATLAB/Python, guide junior team members, and work on-site at a government customer facility within a multi-contractor team, interacting with industry partners and the government. A Bachelor's degree with nine years of experience (or four years of experience in lieu of a degree) is required, along with proficiency in Radar Systems Analysis and Design, reverse engineering, software tool development, Hardware-in-the-Loop operation, OOP (preferably JAVA), understanding ADA code, Git, code maintenance, technical writing, and AGILE development. An active Secret Security Clearance is mandatory.

SAIC is seeking a Senior Radar Engineer to join the STARS FBM Planner Software Development Team providing MDS Sensor modeling to support warfighter training and exercises.

This position will sit at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Perform radar systems analysis, deep dive customer noted issues through root cause identification and resolution, simplify tactical radar algorithms to representative effects that can function in real-time, and document results for technical briefings to end-users and project leadership.
  • Developing analysis tools through MATLAB / Python and helping to guide more junior team members to ensure a consistent framework/interoperability of developed analysis tools.
  • Working daily on-site at a government customer facility on a multi-contractor team and interacting regularly with industry partners and the government customer.

Qualifications

Required Education:

  • Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; four (4) years of experience considered in lieu of degree.

Required Skills: 

  • Proficiency in Radar Systems, Analysis, and Design
  • Experience with reverse engineering
  • Software Tool Development experience
  • Ability to operate Hardware-in-the-Loop for Verification and Validation of Radar Models
  • Proficiency in OOP, preferably, JAVA
  • Ability to understand ADA Code
  • Experience with Git
  • Ability to maintain and review code
  • Strong written communication skills for the drafting of organizational proposal and instructional documents
  • Proficiency in AGILE development

Required Clearance:

  • Active Secret Security Clearance.

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
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