Job Requirements
Chantilly, VA
Top Secret/SCI CI Polygraph
Entry Level (less than 2 yrs experience)
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Job Description
Radar/RF Systems Engineer (All Levels)
ISG is seeking Radar/RF Systems Engineers to support mission-critical GEOINT systems and space-based collection capabilities. This role is ideal for engineers with operational and technical experience supporting RADAR, Radio Frequency, airborne, or satellite systems, with a strong preference for satellite mission experience.
The selected candidate will support requirements development, architecture analysis, systems integration, mission processing, and technical planning across space and ground environments. This position supports national security missions by advancing Radar/RF collection, mission processing, architecture integration, resiliency, and end-to-end mission performance.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead complex systems engineering efforts for Radar/RF systems across space, ground, and mission operations environments.
• Provide senior technical direction on Radar/RF phenomenology, collection methodology, mission processing, and operational performance.
• Lead enterprise-level requirements development, definition, decomposition, traceability, validation, and technical closure activities.
• Guide evaluation of Radar/RF system capabilities across tasking, command and control, collection, mission processing, and dissemination.
• Lead architecture analysis, trade studies, and solution alternative assessments for GEOINT, space, and ground systems.
• Provide expert analysis of mission processing approaches designed to mitigate radio frequency interference and improve radar processing outcomes.
• Lead RF engineering assessments related to system resiliency, jamming resistance, operational effectiveness, and mission assurance.
• Direct user needs analysis, capability gap assessments, and solution alternative evaluations to inform Government investment and technical decisions.
• Lead systems integration strategy, readiness planning, and end-to-end mission and services closure across complex mission systems.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, opportunities, dependencies, and enterprise-level impacts across programs and stakeholders.
• Advise senior Government, SETA, FFRDC, IC, DoD, and industry stakeholders on technical strategy, mission impacts, and engineering priorities.
• Lead or mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams and ensure the quality, consistency, and technical credibility of engineering products.
Skills and Experience
Required:
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
• BS/BA in a technical or STEM field such as engineering, physics, or a related discipline.
• MS/MA may be counted as 3 years of experience; PhD may be counted as 5 years of experience.
• 0+ years of relevant systems engineering, Radar/RF, GEOINT, space, ground, or mission operations experience. Candidates will be considered for the Junior (0–6 years), Mid-Level (7–11 years), Senior (12–17 years), or Expert (18+ years) level based on experience and qualifications.
• Experience supporting Radar/RF systems, preferably in satellite mission environments; airborne experience is also relevant.
• Experience with Radar/RF phenomenology specific to collection and processing methodologies.
• RF engineering experience, including familiarity with system design approaches for resistance to jamming.
• Experience with Radar/RF systems across tasking, command and control, collection, mission processing, and dissemination.
• Experience with mission processing techniques to address or mitigate the effects of radio frequency interference in radar processing.
• Experience with systems engineering core processes, including requirements, architecture, risk and opportunity management, systems integration, and end-to-end mission and services closure.
• GEOINT domain knowledge, including space and ground architecture.
• Experience with IC, DoD, and/or commercial space architectures, systems, operations, ground software, space development programs, or mission operations programs.
• Experience supporting user needs analysis, capability gap assessments, and solution alternative analyses.
• Understanding of SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desired:
• Experience with MBSE tools and modeling methodologies.
• Experience using Confluence and Jira.
• Experience with Agile development and SAFe Agile system development methods.
• Practical experience applying UML and SysML modeling languages.
• OCSMP Level 1, 2, or 3 certification.
• Prior experience supporting NGA, NRO, NSG, ASG, IC, DoD, or commercial space mission environments.
• Experience supporting space-based Radar/RF or satellite mission operations programs.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical teams.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ISG is seeking Radar/RF Systems Engineers to support mission-critical GEOINT systems and space-based collection capabilities. This role is ideal for engineers with operational and technical experience supporting RADAR, Radio Frequency, airborne, or satellite systems, with a strong preference for satellite mission experience.
The selected candidate will support requirements development, architecture analysis, systems integration, mission processing, and technical planning across space and ground environments. This position supports national security missions by advancing Radar/RF collection, mission processing, architecture integration, resiliency, and end-to-end mission performance.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead complex systems engineering efforts for Radar/RF systems across space, ground, and mission operations environments.
• Provide senior technical direction on Radar/RF phenomenology, collection methodology, mission processing, and operational performance.
• Lead enterprise-level requirements development, definition, decomposition, traceability, validation, and technical closure activities.
• Guide evaluation of Radar/RF system capabilities across tasking, command and control, collection, mission processing, and dissemination.
• Lead architecture analysis, trade studies, and solution alternative assessments for GEOINT, space, and ground systems.
• Provide expert analysis of mission processing approaches designed to mitigate radio frequency interference and improve radar processing outcomes.
• Lead RF engineering assessments related to system resiliency, jamming resistance, operational effectiveness, and mission assurance.
• Direct user needs analysis, capability gap assessments, and solution alternative evaluations to inform Government investment and technical decisions.
• Lead systems integration strategy, readiness planning, and end-to-end mission and services closure across complex mission systems.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, opportunities, dependencies, and enterprise-level impacts across programs and stakeholders.
• Advise senior Government, SETA, FFRDC, IC, DoD, and industry stakeholders on technical strategy, mission impacts, and engineering priorities.
• Lead or mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams and ensure the quality, consistency, and technical credibility of engineering products.
Skills and Experience
Required:
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
• BS/BA in a technical or STEM field such as engineering, physics, or a related discipline.
• MS/MA may be counted as 3 years of experience; PhD may be counted as 5 years of experience.
• 0+ years of relevant systems engineering, Radar/RF, GEOINT, space, ground, or mission operations experience. Candidates will be considered for the Junior (0–6 years), Mid-Level (7–11 years), Senior (12–17 years), or Expert (18+ years) level based on experience and qualifications.
• Experience supporting Radar/RF systems, preferably in satellite mission environments; airborne experience is also relevant.
• Experience with Radar/RF phenomenology specific to collection and processing methodologies.
• RF engineering experience, including familiarity with system design approaches for resistance to jamming.
• Experience with Radar/RF systems across tasking, command and control, collection, mission processing, and dissemination.
• Experience with mission processing techniques to address or mitigate the effects of radio frequency interference in radar processing.
• Experience with systems engineering core processes, including requirements, architecture, risk and opportunity management, systems integration, and end-to-end mission and services closure.
• GEOINT domain knowledge, including space and ground architecture.
• Experience with IC, DoD, and/or commercial space architectures, systems, operations, ground software, space development programs, or mission operations programs.
• Experience supporting user needs analysis, capability gap assessments, and solution alternative analyses.
• Understanding of SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desired:
• Experience with MBSE tools and modeling methodologies.
• Experience using Confluence and Jira.
• Experience with Agile development and SAFe Agile system development methods.
• Practical experience applying UML and SysML modeling languages.
• OCSMP Level 1, 2, or 3 certification.
• Prior experience supporting NGA, NRO, NSG, ASG, IC, DoD, or commercial space mission environments.
• Experience supporting space-based Radar/RF or satellite mission operations programs.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical teams.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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