job summary:
Our client is seeking a Mid-level Mission Tracking Systems Engineer to join their Space Ground Systems Engineering team.
location: Scottsdale, Arizona
job type: Contract to Perm
salary: $68 - 72 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Responsibilities for this Position
As a Missile Tracking Systems Engineer for the US Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Ground, Management and Integration (GMI) program, you will be a key member of a cross-functional team responsible for developing and deploying state-of-the-art ground operational systems for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). You will be part of an elite team providing the evolution, expansion, integration, testing and maintenance of the ground entry points, operations centers, enterprise test and checkout capabilities and infrastructure management, including all development, systems engineering, integration, testing, maintenance, and site support.
For more information about the GDMS SDA GMI program, please go to:
Key Responsibilities
- Systems engineering that includes decomposing requirements into architecture, internal and external interfaces, and system design behaviors
- Pre-planned or ad-hoc scheduling and situational awareness of satellites and payloads capabilities to track missiles
- Analysis and fusion of missile tracking data provided by satellite to the ground for processing and rapidly providing and disseminating the information
Technical Skills Required- Minimum of 15+ years of recent designing and developing systems that can solve complex problems using algorithms
- Minimum of 10+ years of recent algorithm development and tuning for specific mission parameters
Bonus Skills You Might Bring- Recent experience with missile tracking systems design and architecture, and sensor fusion techniques
- Recent experience designing logic, assessing and scheduling satellite services to track missiles
- Knowledge of cloud technologies and their application in system design and deployment
- Experience with image processing (collection, handling, storing, and analysis)
qualifications:
EDUCATION:
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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