Senior Targets Systems Engineer

Senior Targets Systems Engineer

Company Overview:

KODA is a people-first company recognized as a five-time winner of Huntsvilles Best Places to Work Award certified as a Great Place to Work and a Best Place for Working Parents. KODA is a small business focused on solving complex engineering problems on national-priority projects in domains such as missile defense hypersonics DOD space and civil space.

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Position Overview:

KODA Technologies is seeking Senior Targets Systems Engineer to provide technical and advisory assistance to Targets Program Office by aiding in the refinement and implementation of Target trajectories in support of the agencies flight test events to validate the weapon and system sensors.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Directorate for Test (DT) Targets program office with development of missile defense target vehicles.
• Support the Targets System Engineering team in all aspects of target design analysis and test to include requirements development and assessment modeling and simulation test analysis and reporting
• Work with weapon system teams to help ensure Target Specification and Requirement documents are correctly understood and flown to production teams
• Ensure the development of Flight Test trajectories fall within the capabilities of the target system while fully testing the weapon system
• Understand the real world threat environment and how to utilize current and future test assets to create realistic test events to prove out the defensive systems
• Work with the Flight Test teams to ensure target systems are developed and integrated in time to support the IMTP test needs.

What Required Skills Youll Bring:

• Bachelors degree and 7 years of experience in missile defense-related or other DoD programs/projects
• Proficiency with MATLAB Python Java C# and other programming languages
• Experience with telemetry systems data acquisition and analysis
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word Excel and PowerPoint)

What Desired Skills Youll Bring:

• Bachelors degree in STEM field (e.g. physics engineering math)
• Familiarity with MDA and/or DoD programs and processes
• Experience MBSE tools
• Strong attention to detail and ability to efficiently perform multiple tasks
• Ability to communicate detailed technical information to technical and non-technical personnel

Clearance:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an active DoD Secret Clearance

KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex gender identity sexual orientation pregnancy status as a parent national origin disability (physical or mental) family medical history or genetic information political affiliation military service or other non-merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability contact to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Required Experience:

Senior IC