Space Radar Engineer

Aurora, CO, US • Posted 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

SAIC

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Skills

Adobe AIR
Program Development
RF
Optics
Intelligence Collection
Satellite
Modeling
Surveillance
Risk Assessment
Internal Communications
Integrated Circuit
IC
DoD
Mathematics
Management
Security Clearance
Continuous Integration
Analytical Skill
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Signal Processing
Astrodynamics
Fluency
Programming Languages
Systems Tool Kit
MATLAB
Python
C++
Physics
Acquisition
IT Management
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: T2601784

Location: Aurora, CO, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-05

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Signal Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description
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SAIC is seeking a Radar Phenomenology Engineer to join the Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group. You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from Aurora, Colorado. We support the Nation's leading-edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis.

Duties and responsibilities include:

Conducting specialized technical studies related to radar systems, targets, and data products to provide assessments and actionable solutions for program managers or satellite owner/operators.
Leading and participating in complex physics-based modeling, simulation and analysis, and conducting technical trades.
Developing and maintaining in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space, foreign space, counter-space threats, and space surveillance and identification.
Participating in and representing the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attending contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments.
Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders.
Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs.
Repeated use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques.

Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in physics, engineering or mathematics and 9 or more years (7 or more with a Masters) of direct experience with analysis and interpretation of radar systems and data.
Active TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to a Counter Intelligence (CI) polygraph. ship is required.
Proven experience in analytic problem-solving relating to the exploitation of radar data of space-objects, including familiarity with radar data products, signal processing techniques, and scattering phenomenology.
Fundamental understanding of astrodynamics and space systems.
Fluent in specialized software tools or programming languages relevant for space systems, such as Systems Tool Kit, MATLAB, Python, C++, or similar.

Strongly Desired Skills:

Master's or Doctorate degree Physics or Engineering.
Familiarity with US Intelligence Community resources and products.
Experience with space system acquisitions or space technology developments.
Experience with project or task technical leadership.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: T2601784
Posted 6 hours ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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