Senior Systems MTS, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Missions

MDA

$116K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Math, Physics, or related fields
  • 10+ years of experience in radar, SAR, or similar active imaging systems
  • 5+ years in space systems engineering or complex systems environment
  • Experience in SAR remote sensing including system design and operation
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in dynamic settings
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for diverse audiences
  • Capacity to navigate large organizational structures and stakeholder needs

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to SAR engineering activities across the mission lifecycle
  • Develop Mission Concept of Operations and specify user requirements
  • Lead technical solutions for enhancements in SAR missions
  • Engage in mission risk management, integration, verification, and validation
  • Conduct design trade-off studies among mission dimensions
  • Guide the team through commissioning and early operations of SAR missions
  • Mentor and coach team members for professional growth

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Mentorship and coaching culture
  • Dynamic work environment with complex challenges
  • Involvement in state-of-the-art technology and missions
  • Contribution to high impact projects for global intelligence solutions
Full Job Description
This is a role suited for an ambitious professional wanting to solve complex problems and develop novelconceptsthat contribute to the betterment of our world.You will contribute to our world leading Synthetic Aperture Radarmissions that generate high value imagery and real-time actionable intelligence for our customers. **Responsibilities** Asa**Senior Systems MTS, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Missions**, you may have a wide range of responsibilities that include: - Contributes toend-end of the SAR related engineering activities for the full lifecycle of a SAR space mission - Contributes tothe Mission Concept of Operations development and defines high-level mission specifications to meet user requirements, including spacecraft budgets to inform the SAR payload - Lead technical solutioning for enhancements to existing and future SAR Missions; includes beam mode design, SAR mission concept design, and SAR image quality modelling - Participates in mission technical risk management, integration,verificationand validation at the Mission Level - Responsible for design trade-off studies between various dimensions of the missionincluding:Spacecraft Systems, Coverage and Access, SAR Payload, SARProcessorand end-user applications - Key member in leading the team to successful commissioning,calibrationand early operations of space SAR Missions - Providesound technical guidance to upper management and new business - Developing team members through mentoring and coaching **Required Experience:** - Graduatedegreein ElectricalEngineering,Engineering Physics,Math, Physics, or a combination of related education andexperience - 10or more years working with radar,SARor similar active imaging systems, including work on hardware,processorsand/or data products - 5 or more years working in a space systems engineering environment or similar complex systems engineeringenvironment - Experience inSAR remote sensing, including system design, operation,applications/exploitationand/orcalibration - Experience indifferent typesof engineering life cycles as applicable forlarge complex programs - Self-starter with the ability to perform in a dynamic workingenvironment; - Possess excellentproblem solvingskills - Superbinterpersonal,verbaland written communication skillsto explain concepts to wide-ranging audiences (e.g.technical team, sales team, executives, customers,etc) - The ability to work within a large organization and understand dependencies and stakeholder needs. **Desired Experience:** - Ability and knowledge to work with MATLAB, Python; - Appreciation forsatellite basedSAR Payload design and operations; - Appreciation of Space Mission design (e.g.Coverage and Access, orbital dynamics,etc); - Appreciation of Spacecraft design (e.g.Thermal, Power, Pointing accuracy,etc); - Ability to learnnew technologiesand domain knowledge quickly; and - A strong understanding of geospatial data. **Comments/Special Considerations:** Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the **reliability** status level and pass security assessment for the** Controlled Goods Program (CGP)**. The compensation range for this position is $116K - $160K annually. The specific compensation offered will be based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. #LI-KP1 #Sp #LI-Hybrid #IND #IND1

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