SAIC

Signal Engineer Sr Principal

SAIC$190K — $230K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, or related field
  • 14 years experience with Bachelor's, 12 years with Master's, or 9 years with PhD
  • Expertise in target-tracking radar signals
  • Proficient in programming languages like Python, C++, MATLAB
  • Must have TS/SCI clearance and able to pass a polygraph test

Responsibilities

  • Design and process radar signals for satellite tracking
  • Conduct antenna design and performance analysis
  • Analyze performance for target detection and tracking of satellites
  • Optionally model radar returns using 3D satellite models
  • Simulate mission operations concepts collaboratively
  • Conduct independent technical assessments and trade studies
  • Review and validate external team algorithms

Benefits

  • Mentoring from experts in various technical fields
  • Opportunities for career progression into principals or team leaders
  • Flexible schedule with options for core collaboration hours
  • Access to a stable, fully-funded government contract
  • Wide array of work opportunities within a large company
Full Job Description
Job Description

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

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
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Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
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