The Director of Advanced Systems is responsible for leading SciTec's radar programs across development, modernization, integration, and long-term strategic growth. This leader will ensure technical excellence, on-time delivery, and alignment with current customer mission needs, while also building and maturing a resilient, decade-long pipeline of stable radar work. The role blends program leadership, customer engagement, and capability development to secure SciTec's position as a premier radar modernization and mission-processing partner.
Responsibilities - Set the strategic vision and long-range modernization roadmap for SciTec's radar solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and mission needs.
- Lead end-to-end radar system development, guiding architectures, subsystem evolution, mission-processor modernization, and integration with a digital backend.
- Oversee radar program execution maintaining unified control of cost, schedule, scope, and performance across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Cultivate and manage senior customer and industry relationships, representing SciTec's radar strategy, technical capabilities, and modernization progress to external stakeholders.
- Shape and sustain a decade-long pipeline of radar opportunities through proactive business development, partnership building, and alignment with evolving government requirements.
- Govern subcontractor and vendor performance, ensuring external contributions integrate cleanly with radar architectures, schedules, and capability objectives.
- Lead high-level risk, opportunity, and change management, driving decisive resolution of complex technical and programmatic issues affecting radar modernization.
Requirements- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of professional experience in radar system development, modernization, or sensor-system integration.
- Proven experience leading large radar programs or multi-year technical efforts involving radar algorithms, signal processing, mission data flows, or sensor integration.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, schedules, risks, and cross-functional technical teams.
- Experience interfacing with government customers or prime contractors on radar-related programs.
- Detail oriented and strong collaboration skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:
- Professional experience with ground-based missile-warning radars or emerging radar architectures.
- Experience shaping long-range program pipelines or portfolio-level technology roadmaps.
- Experience leading technical execution across radar digital backends, MOSA architectures, and integration with mission-processing frameworks.
- Active DoD Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
- Experience with Agile program environments, digital engineering, or model-based systems engineering.
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- 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
- 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
- 80% company paid Dental insurance
- 100% company paid Vision insurance
- 100% company paid Life insurance
- 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
- Short-term Disability insurance
- Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
- Discretionary Performance Bonus
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
- Flexible Work Hours
The pay range for this position is $190,000- $260,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.
