Radar Modeling Engineer

Astrion$130K — $180K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Must be a US citizen
  • Active U.S. Department of Defense issued Secret clearance
  • Bachelor's in Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics
  • 5 years of experience in sensor system design or analysis
  • Strong people skills and technical leadership
  • Proficient in MATLAB and/or Python

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute radar and RF seeker simulations
  • Enhance capabilities of existing simulations
  • Deliver simulations for internal analysis and customer use
  • Understand customer requirements and demo capabilities
  • Potentially lead a team to design and implement simulation solutions
  • Prioritize new capabilities for simulation tools

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment focusing on technical innovation
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge defense technologies
  • Engagement with government agencies and end-users
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Work location in Columbia, Maryland
Full Job Description
Overview

Radar Modeling Engineer

LOCATION: Columbia, Maryland

STATUS: Full Time

CLEARANCE: Secret

SALARY: $130,000 - $180,000

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.
  • Five (5) years of experience in the design of, or analysis of sensor systems, seekers, electronic warfare systems, or weapon systems.
  • Strong people skills and technical leadership experience are a must.
  • MATLAB and/or Python proficiency

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

  • 10 to 20 years of radar systems engineering experience, including radar system modeling and simulation, design, test, and analysis.
  • 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 with Digital Signal Processing and/or Digital Beam Forming
  • Experience in Aegis SPY-1, MMSP/BSP is highly desired.
  • Familiarity with electronic attack and protection techniques
  • Radar engineering analysis, including the use of Blake charts
  • Data extraction and analysis of Aegis SPY-1 Radar
  • Strong understanding of RF propagation
  • Strong MATLAB and/or Python skills
  • Graduate-level coursework and/or hands-on project experience in radar systems and radar signal processing
  • 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. The ideal candidate has 10 to 20 years of radar systems engineering experience, including radar system modeling and simulation, design, test, and analysis.

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