Senior Systems Engineer, Radar Data Analysis - LTAMDS

About the role

The Surface Radars and Sensors (SR&S) Center in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support radar test activities, including radar performance analysis, test planning, and post-mission activities.

Responsibilities

• Planning and executing radar test events
• Conducting in-depth radar data analyses
• Developing and implementing verification strategies for advanced radar capabilities and software builds across HWIL, SIL, and field environments
• Analyzing system behavior, evaluating algorithm and software performance, and diagnosing the root causes of anomalies
• Creating test objectives, specifying data collection requirements, analyzing mission and sensor data to evaluate performance in detection, tracking, discrimination, and engagement
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams to support requirements validation, technical reviews, and readiness for test events
• Supporting technical reviews, including peer reviews, gate reviews, verification events, and test readiness reviews
• Conducting systems validation, algorithm performance assessments, data analysis, and test event reconstruction for complex digital radar systems
• Ensuring test activities, including data capture, configuration tracking, and validation procedures, meet engineering processes, quality standards, and government requirements
• Occasional travel to Raytheon and government sites to support integration efforts, test events, and technical discussions

Qualifications

• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with radar fundamentals, including waveforms, beamforming, detection, and/or signal processing
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, and/or other programming languages
• Experience with system integration, verification, validation and/or testing
• Experience supporting radar test planning, execution, or post test data analysis
• Demonstrated experience in test, integration, or verification and validation of Missile Defense System, Army, and/or Navy sensors
• Experience working within multidisciplinary systems engineering teams
• Experience interfacing with internal or external customers, including providing technical solutions to user requirements, analyzing radar data, and generating and maintaining technical documentation and work instructions
• Experience supporting development of verification/validation strategies for advanced radar capabilities and software builds, including building and executing simulated scenarios to predict sensor performance