Expert Radar/RF M&S Engineer
$176,900–$332,400 year
On-siteHuntsville, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Design, develop, and maintain high-fidelity software models of Surface-to-Air Missile systems using MATLAB/SIMULINK, C/C++, and Python within TMAP, STIMS, and LIVE frameworks. Conduct engineering analysis of real-world threat weapon systems to address intelligence gaps in waveforms, signal processing, and electronic warfare. Develop algorithms for active/passive detection, clutter mitigation, and adaptive beamforming while collaborating with teams to create digital twin representations. Mentor junior developers and participate in technical discussions for long-term model integration. Requires active Top Secret clearance with polygraph, 20+ years of experience, and expertise in RF propagation and missile seeker systems.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizen
- active Top Secret clearance
- willing and able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with a counterintelligence polygraph
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 20+ years of relevant experience
- Deep understanding of real-world threat weapon system characteristics, capabilities, and limitations, and the digital twin representations of those systems
- Strong programming skills in C++, Python, and/or MATLAB/SIMULINK
- Subject matter expertise in RF propagation, signal processing, track filtering, antenna design, communications, radar systems, missile/seeker, passive radar, electronic support, and/or electronic attack
- Experience with modeling and simulation of weapon systems, including Radar, Directed Energy Weapons, Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, RF Jammers, Missile Seekers, and/or Anti-Satellite weapons
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with EO/IR systems
- Experience modeling threat weapon systems in TMAP, ODESSA, ESAMS, AFSIM, LIVE, and/or ITASE
- Experience with STIMS 2.0 (Simulink), STIMS 3.0 (C++), and/or LIVE modeling frameworks/standards
- Software development experience in a DevOps or DevSecOps environment
- Experience working in an AGILE software development team
- Experience mentoring junior team members
- Experience designing, developing, or operating code for distributed processing environments
- Experience working with environmental datasets and RF propagation
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