Systems Engineer II - Radar Data Analyst - Flight Test Onsite
$68,900–$131,100 year
On-siteHuntsville, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Plan, prepare, and execute radar performance analysis activities supporting live missile defense flight tests. Analyze radar measurement data collected during flight test events to characterize detection, tracking, discrimination, and overall sensor performance under operationally representative conditions. Evaluate time-sensitive radar outputs, including track timelines, track quality, measurement accuracy, and sensor resource usage, to determine compliance with mission and system-level requirements. Perform pre-mission analysis using engineering tools and flight-test simulation environments to predict radar behavior, assess risk areas, and identify expected performance envelopes. Produce high-quality technical artifacts including performance reports, engineering briefings, mission analysis summaries, and data packages used to inform leadership, government stakeholders, and mission partners. Support readiness reviews and mission execution events by presenting radar performance expectations, risk assessments, and post-test analysis plans. Maintain configuration control of analysis procedures, data pipelines, scripts, and verification artifacts to ensure repeatability, traceability, 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 2 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)
- Ability to travel locally and non-locally to support test activities or customer engagements
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
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.