Radar Sustainment Engineer – System Model Development

Leidos


Job Location:

Huntsville, AL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 57850 - 104575
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Sustainment Engineer for Radar System Model Development to join a diverse team in Huntsville AL to create unique solutions for complex problems involving foreign weapon systems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and commercial fields LeidosDyneticsprovides alert cost-effective engineering scientific and IT solutions.

In this role you will help to sustain radar system software models and assist the team developing them in support of radio frequency (RF) and Electronic Warfare (EW) projects for the Defense Intelligence an Electronic Warfare Communities specifically a diverse portfolio of projects and programs which specialize in foreign threat radar systems RF software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulators and open-air radar development.

Primary Responsibilities.

  • Sustainment and development of analytic to high-fidelity models of RF systems to support EW analysis.

  • Ability to troubleshoot and rectify errant threat model behavior based on customer feedback.

  • Development and integration into real-time and non-real-time simulation architectures.

  • Assessing effects of operator-in-the-loop on radar and missile weapon system simulations.

  • Threat model development to match intelligence assessments including waveform scheduling correlation/tracking signal processing and closed-loop missile behavior.

  • Simulation and Graphical User Interface (GUI) development primarily focused on Windows.

  • Testing verification and documentation of development and analysis efforts.

Basic Qualifications.

  • Bachelors or Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering Math Physics from an ABET accredited institute and 0 years of relevant work history is.

  • A background in C software development is.

  • Candidate mustdemonstraterelevant skills in one or more of the primary focus areas be self-motivated have good interpersonal skills and have the ability/desire to work in a technical team to solve challenging problemsutilizinga broad spectrum of skills.

  • Possess a demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks adapt quickly to changing demands and work both solo and on a team.

  • Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing torelocateto the Huntsville AL area.

  • Candidate must be a US Citizen.

  • Candidate must possess(and be able tomaintain) a Final Secret Clearance OR meet the eligibility to obtain (andmaintain) a Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications.

  • A strong background in C/C# in a Windows operating environment is desired. Linux experience isdesirable butnot.

  • Experience with weapons system analysis modeling and simulation graphics and displays and real-time operating systems is desired.

  • Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio MATLAB/Simulink Atlassian products (JIRA Bitbucket etc.)GitHub products Bash Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) PowerShell Linux andCMakeare a plus.

  • Additionalconsideration will be given to candidates with a working knowledge or radar fundamentals electronic warfare and digital signal processing.

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Original Posting:

July 16 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $57850.00 - $104575.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.


Required Experience:

IC

Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Sustainment Engineer for Radar System Model Development to join a diverse team in Huntsville AL to create unique solutions for complex problems involving foreign weapon systems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and...

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