Job Description

SAIC is seeking a target-tracking Radar Signals Engineer to support modeling, simulation, and analyses of scenarios with radars tracking satellites in all types of Earth orbits. Your work will drive critical national decisions and include:

• Satellite-tracking radar signal designs and signal processing algorithms
• Antenna design and analyses
• Performance analyses of satellite target detection, acquisition, tracking and characterization
• Optional: Radar return modeling using 3D satellite models

As part of an agile team including experts in astrodynamics, optical sensing, and AI you will collaboratively simulate mission operations concepts at-scale with support from our High Performance Computing specialists. You can expect regular opportunities to meet with and optionally present findings to local senior government customers.

• Use programming languages such as Python, C++, MATLAB, or others to leverage existing analysis tools and develop new ones
• Conduct independent trade studies and technical assessments
• Review and validate algorithms and results provided by external teams
• Develop and optionally present actionable technical briefings

Salary range: $190,000 - $230,000, based on qualifications listed below, plus company 401(k) match and discounted employee stock purchase plan.

Growth and career progression: You will have access to mentoring by highly experienced experts in radars, optics, astrodynamics, AI and many other fields. Senior staff will have opportunities to serve as principals and team leaders. Managers will maintain open communications to ensure that you thrive.

Flexible schedule: On-site core collaboration hours from 10 am to 3 pm, options to work nine or eight days out of every two weeks.

Stability: Our team supports a fully-funded prime contract with the government. Additionally, our radar analysts routinely support other prime contracts as-necessary. As a large company with a major presence in Northern Virginia, SAIC offers a broad array of work opportunities for employees locally as well as nationally.

Qualifications

Education degree: Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, or a related technical field

Education and minimum professional experience:

• Bachelor's plus 14 years, or Master's plus 12 years, or PhD plus nine (9) years

Experience: Target-tracking radar signals

Programming: Python, C++, MATLAB, or similar

Clearance: TS/SCI required and must have or be able to pass polygraph test