Senior Systems Engineer - Radar Data Analyst - Flight Test Onsite
$86,800–$165,200 year
On-siteHuntsville, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Plan, prepare, and execute radar performance analysis activities supporting live missile defense flight tests, ensuring sensor readiness and alignment with mission objectives. Analyze radar measurement data collected during flight events to characterize detection, tracking, and discrimination performance under operationally representative conditions. Evaluate time-sensitive radar outputs, including track timelines and measurement accuracy, to determine compliance with system-level requirements. Perform pre-mission analysis using engineering tools and simulation environments to predict radar behavior and assess risk areas. Produce high-quality technical artifacts including performance reports, engineering briefings, and data packages for leadership and government stakeholders. Maintain configuration control of analysis procedures and verification artifacts to ensure repeatability and compliance with engineering processes.
Required Qualifications
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Secret - Current Security Clearance Status
- Active and existing security clearance on day 1
- Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- Minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience
- Experience with scripting and/or software development (MATLAB, Python, C/C++, and/or Linux/Red)
- Experience with Systems engineering (example integration, verification and/or system testing)
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in test, integration, or verification and validation of X-Band family of radars, Early Warning Radars or other Missile Defense System sensors
- Experience analyzing Sensor, RF, or radar data, such as time-series measurements, track data, signal returns, resources, or discrimination, using engineering tools
- Experience working in multidisciplinary teams of systems engineering professionals
- Experience with MATLAB, Linux Operating Systems, and Shell scripting for performing integration, verification, and validation test analysis
- Experience interfacing with internal or external customers, providing technical solutions to user requirements, analyzing radar data, and generating and maintaining technical documentation and work instructions
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