Lead Electro-Optical/Infrared Signature Analyst Engineer

Position Responsibilities

• Perform design, analysis, and integration activities for technology and design integration of EO/IR design practices into advanced platforms
• Affiliate with developing and documenting requirements for electromagnetic systems and components
• Generate design influence initiatives and direct design trade studies that may result from those initiatives
• Work with suppliers and customers (internal and external) to ensure compliance, verification, and validation with technical requirements
• Support and execute test plans and validation activities (lab and range) to verify performance and support correlation between simulation and measurement
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (structures, propulsion, materials, flight test, systems engineering, producibility) to ensure integrated solutions meet performance, manufacturing, and maintainability needs
• Support technical documentation, specifications, design packages, and presentations for internal and customer review
• Provide support to products throughout their lifecycle
• Support development of proposals to support development of new business

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 12+ years of EO/IR signature analyst engineering experience
• 3+ years of EO/IR design experience using photometric or radiometric requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in applicable field
• Signature management experience
• Optical engineering design background
• Experience in modeling and simulation of EO/IR performance characterization
• Experience with lab or field testing of EO/IR designs or systems to validate or measure photometric or radiometric performance
• Experience correlating performance predictions with laboratory and measurement data
• Familiarity with materials processing, application methods, environmental durability, and repair/maintenance impacts of configurations
• Experience with CAD tools and model preparation for electromagnetic simulations
• Strong technical communication skills, including written reports and oral presentations
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and manage multiple tasks to meet program schedules