Lead Radar Engineer

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The Defense Sector is seeking a highly qualifiedLead Radar Engineerto support the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Reagan Test Range (RTR) Operations Sustainment Improvement and Engineering (ROSIE) program.

RTR is a Department of Defense Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) supporting two primary mission areas:Space Operations and Test and Evaluation of DoD weapons systems including offensive and defensive missiles hypersonic systems and space testing. RTR missions are executed from Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the RTR Operations CenterHuntsville (ROC-H) using sophisticated radar telemetry optical command-and-control and mission systems.

Position Overview

The Lead Radar Engineer will serve as a senior technical authority for the operation sustainment performance modernization integration and mission readiness of RTR radar instrumentation. The successful candidate will combine deep radar engineering expertise with hands-on problem solving and technical leadership to ensure RTR radar systems deliver the accuracy availability reliability and data quality required for missile test and space operations.

The Lead Radar Engineer will work across operations maintenance systems engineering hardware and software engineering mission planning data analysis cybersecurity and Improvements & Modernization (I&M) teams to resolve complex radar problems and transition improvements into the operational baseline. The position requires an engineer who can move comfortably betweenmission performance radar phenomenology and data hardware/software troubleshooting systems engineering sustainment and modernization.

This position is contingent upon contract award to Leidos.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the programs lead radar engineering subject matter expert providing technical leadership for RTR radar operations sustainment troubleshooting modernization integration and test.

• Analyze radar performance and mission data to identify performance degradation anomalous behavior emerging technical issues and opportunities to improve radar capability availability reliability maintainability and data quality.

• Lead technical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex radar hardware software RF signal-processing timing control instrumentation and system-interface problems; develop and drive corrective actions through verification and closure.

• Ensure radar systems meet required mission performance calibration accuracy sensitivity and operational availability requirements and provide the technical analysis necessary to substantiate system readiness.

• Evaluate radar metric imaging and signature data and support mission Quick Look analysis post-mission assessment lessons learned and identification of radar performance issues and corrective actions. ROSIE requires post-mission analysis of instrumentation performance and Quick Look data products.

• Analyze radar reliability availability and maintainability performance including MTBF MTTR operational availability recurring failures and performance trends; identify and implement actions that improve mission readiness. The PWS establishes operational-availability measurement and requires at least 95% availability for designated Space Operations instrumentation and 99% for mandatory sensors during test mission windows.

• Lead or support radar Improvements & Modernization studies engineering projects and instrumentation modifications from requirements definition through design integration verification validation acceptance testing and operational deployment.

• Maintain radar technical baselines through disciplined configuration management and ensure modifications to radar hardware software firmware interfaces and documentation are properly evaluated tested documented and approved prior to incorporation into the operational baseline.

• Identify technical risks before they affect mission execution and develop measurable mitigation and contingency approaches.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Physics Systems Engineering or a closely related STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience; or a Masters degree with 10 years of relevant experience.

• Significant engineering experience with complex radar or RF sensor systems including demonstrated experience in several of the following areas: radar system design and analysis RF systems transmitters/receivers antennas radar signal processing waveform processing tracking imaging calibration radar cross section/signature measurements instrumentation or radar performance analysis.

• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex radar-system performance problems using engineering analysis system data test equipment modeling/simulation and structured root-cause analysis.

• Demonstrated systems engineering experience encompassing requirements analysis design integration verification validation test and transition of engineered capabilities into an operational environment.

• Experience developing and executing engineering test plans procedures technical reviews and acceptance criteria.

• Experience with configuration-controlled operational systems and formal engineering change processes.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical issues risks alternatives and recommendations clearly to engineers program leadership customers and senior Government stakeholders.

• Ability to travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations as required.

• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance required for assigned duties.

Desired Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering Physics Systems Engineering Applied Mathematics or a related technical discipline.

• Direct engineering experience withALTAIR TRADEX ALCOR MMW or other RTR/KREMS instrumentation.

• Experience with high-power instrumentation radars phased-array radars wideband imaging radars missile-defense radars space-surveillance radars or comparable advanced DoD radar systems.

• Experience with radar detection and tracking discrimination target characterization wideband imaging metric data RCS/signature analysis signal processing or radar calibration.

• Experience developing or evaluating radar algorithms signal-processing techniques simulations or automated sensor-performance analysis.

• Experience with digital engineering and MBSE tools and methodologies.

• Experience modernizing legacy radar or sensor systems while maintaining operational availability and mission continuity.

• ActiveTop Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

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