Radar Mission Analysis and Design Lead

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Leidos Defense Sensors Open Sensors Division is seeking a Radar Mission Analysis and Design Lead to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar orientated problems. We have offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and commercial fields we provide responsive cost-effective engineering scientific and IT solutions.

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Primary Responsibilities

Lead and staff multiple small radar analyst teams to include algorithm development and modeling and simulation activities.

• Lead research and development of advanced digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms

• High-fidelity radar and RF modeling simulation and analysis. Related tool feature development and maintenance

• Integration and field testing of RF sensors and systems

• CONUS/OCONUS deployment of advanced sensor systems

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus 12-15 years of relevant experience or MS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus 6-10 years of relevant experience.

• Demonstrated experience in understanding evaluating and implementing published scientific literature from sources such as IEEE.

• Demonstrated experience leading radar modeling and simulation teams on complex DoW programs.

• Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort associated with modeling and simulation or algorithm development tasks and tracking progress via an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

• Strong understanding of core radar principles including the radar range equation signal processing techniques digital beamforming and tracking.

• Experience working with Matlab Python or similar scientific-based programming tools to implement math or scienced based phenomenology related to linear systems digital signal processing tracking or electromagnetics is required.

• Ability to create design documentation requirements specifications and other technical documentation.

• Good communication skills for working in a highly collaborative environment and interfacing with customers and other stakeholders.

• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville North Alabama AL area. This is NOT a remote or work-from-home position.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high performance computing languages such as C including CUDA

• Experience in development or operations of radar HWILs

• Experience with ADCs DACs clock distribution or embedded systems

• Experience utilizing AI tools to augment technical output (i.e. to improve/automate documentation or code generation)

• Experience in Radar Resource Management algorithms and approaches to low-latency radar scheduling

• MS degree from an ABET accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.

• Relevant publications in listed technology areas

• Experience in Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Space Object Space Identification (SOSI) or Space Domain Awareness (SDA) radar mission sets

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