Principal Radar Modeling Engineer

Principal Radar Modeling Engineer

Job Location: Columbia, Maryland

Job Status: Full Time

Clearance: Secret

Salary: $110,000-$190,000

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

• The candidate must be a US citizen and have a background that would permit the U.S. Department of Defense to issue a Secret clearance
• Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor of Science degree in a technical discipline such as Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics.
• Candidates must have at least 20 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

• 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 in working with MDA/NAVY/AEGIS ecosystem and engaging with external stakeholders
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing and/or Digital Beam Forming
• Experience in Aegis SPY-1, MMSP/BSP is highly desired
• Familiarity with data extraction and analysis for the Aegis SPY-1 Radar
• Familiarity with electronic attack and protection techniques
• Radar engineering analysis, including the use of Blake charts
• 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.
• Understanding customer requirements, demonstrating the capability to customers and stakeholders, and potentially leading a team of engineers and software developers to design and develop these simulation solutions.
• Prioritize new simulation tool capabilities while maintaining existing ones.

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