Radar Modeling Engineer - Principal /SME
Overview
SEG supports the US Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) by performing trade studies, design prototyping, and analysis of radars, EO/IR sensors, seeker systems, electronic warfare systems, and weapon systems.
Required Qualifications / Skills
- Must be a US citizen.
- U.S. Department of Defense issued Secret clearance.
- Bachelor of Science degree in a technical discipline such as Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics.
- Twenty (20) years of experience in the design of, or analysis of sensor systems, seekers, electronic warfare systems, or weapon systems.
- Radar Signal processing (Scripting/Coding/Simulating) experience.
- Strong people skills and technical leadership experience are a must.
- MATLAB and/or Python proficiency.
Preferred Qualifications / Skills
- Detailed experience modeling radar systems (SPY/TPY) that support MDA and Navy missions, (Direct experience with Aegis system is desired).
- Experience performing radar system modeling, performance prediction, and data analysis.
- Experience in working with MDA/NAVY/AEGIS ecosystem and engaging with external stakeholders.
- Experience with Digital Signal Processing and/or Digital Beam Forming.
- Familiarity with data extraction and analysis for the Aegis SPY-1 Radar.
- Familiarity with electronic attack and protection techniques.
- Radar engineering analysis, including the use of Blake charts.
- Strong understanding of RF propagation.
- Prior experience with sensor HW design, signal processing, tracking algorithms, and/or resource management.
- Experience in development of simulation tools and test tools for sensor analysis.
Responsibilities
Support the development and execution of radar and/or RF seeker simulations, add new capabilities to existing simulations, and deliver the simulations to both support internal analysis and as inclusion in deliverable simulations to our government customers and end-users.
Understand customer requirements, demonstrate the capability to customers and stakeholders, and potentially lead a team of engineers and software developers to design and develop these simulation solutions.
Prioritize new simulation tool capabilities while maintaining existing ones.