Job#: 3058952 Job Description:Senior or Principal Radar Systems Engineer
Primary Location: Woburn, MA (100% onsite)
Alternate Location: Huntsville, AL, Colorado Springs, CO, and San Diego, CA (100% onsite)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior or Principal Radar Systems Engineer to join an engineering team. The successful candidate will contribute to the enhancement and modernization of Ground Based Radar Systems. This role involves developing and analyzing system requirements, creating system architectures, and collaborating with system, software, and integration/test engineers. Technical expertise in system modeling and algorithm design is essential to deliver high-performing radar solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and requirements development activities that define, characterize, develop, and document Ground Based Radar systems.
- Contribute to architectural framework updates, system-of-system functional and performance requirements, detailed algorithm descriptions, test scenario definitions, and verification approaches.
- Conduct requirements analysis, tracing, and benchmarking to validate algorithm designs and ensure system-level performance aligns with operational objectives.
- Collaborate closely with software and integration/test engineers to deliver innovative and high-performing radar solutions.
- Support documentation, technical reviews, and stakeholder engagements.
- Work within a Linux-based computing environment and understand the underlying operating systems.
- Apply solid system engineering process experience across the entire systems development lifecycle.
- Participate in agile development environments utilizing tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics (STEM).
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience for the Senior level and 8+ years of experience for the Principal level. Will also consider Sr Principal Engineers who have 10+ years of relevant experience
- Direct experience in radar or missile-defense sensor systems is required.
- Proficiency in MATLAB, including object-oriented programming, for algorithm development, system modeling, or performance analysis.
- Experience in Model Based System Engineering using Cameo is required.
- Demonstrated experience in requirements analysis, tracing, and discreet algorithm development is essential.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Degree in STEM.
- Subject matter expertise in large radar systems.
- Experience with radar system concepts including detection, discrimination, track, and signal processing algorithms.
- Experience with the software development process using Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Experience working with Python, C/C++, Java, or DOORS.
- Proficiency with the MS Office Suite.
- Excellent communication skills, including technical writing, oral presentations, and interpersonal skills.
PLEASE NOTE: Candidates must be able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense Secret clearance as a condition and continuation of employment.
Keywords: systems engineering, software, architecture, radar systems, information and knowledge systems, mathematics, research & development, requirements development
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