Radar Senior Principal Systems Engineer -Secret Clearance

This position requires a Secret Clearance. Candidates who do not hold this clearance are not eligible for hire.

Solidus is hiring a Radar Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support the Missile Defense Sensors (MDS) department. The MDS department provides subject matter expertise for concept development, architectural design, requirements generation & flow-down, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, test and evaluation of world-class Missile Defense & Sensor Systems to be achieved through our people, processes, technology and performance.

This is an onsite role based in Woburn, MA.

Day in the Life:
You will be working as part of a team to define radar system requirements, design architectures and algorithms in support of those requirements and collaborate with software development teams to ensure effective implementation. Some specific responsibilities:

• Analyzing radar system performance data with respect to requirements
• Identifying performance deficiencies and proposing solutions
• Defining and prototyping new algorithms to enhance system performance
• Presenting plans, designs and system performance to peers, internal leadership and external customers
• Providing subject matter expertise to agile software development teams to ensure proper implementation of requirements

You will be completing the above responsibilities in one or more capability areas including:

• Electronic Protection, signal processing, applied mathematics
• Hypersonic threat defense
• Tracking, discrimination, search, and battle manager interfaces
• Radar calibration, diagnostics, deployed site support
• Modeling and simulation of tactical software

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Active Secret clearance is required
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation
• 10 years of experience
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• Experience in system performance analysis, algorithm development, modeling & simulation, or support to fielded systems

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven ability to develop technical solutions to complex issues using strong analytic, technical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with system level requirements development, documentation and maintenance and/or requirements development and design of system level software architecture
• Experience with radar system concepts; detection, track and signal processing algorithms and their behaviors and performance
• Experience with the development and coding of system models, algorithms, test vectors and analysis tools in support of analyzing radar requirements and performance
• Experience working with Matlab, C/C++, Java or DOORS
• Experience in using AI/ML and signal processing in database and algorithm design and enhancement
• Experience with developing, documenting and maintaining processes, methods and tools
• Experience with Battle Management command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) systems, Radar Systems or signal processing techniques
• Ability to interface with customers and lead technical solutions to complex user needs
• Previous military service

Benefit selection, customer contractual specifications, relevant work experience, skills, competencies, certifications, and clearance status will influence the final salary.
Full benefits: $183,000 to $229,000 annually
Reduced benefits (no medical, dental, vision): Up to $248,000 annually

What we will bring:
Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation's greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more! Apply today to learn why Solidus has a 4.9/5 Star rating on Glassdoor!

Req ID: 5142

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