Lead Radar Simulation Engineer

Lockheed Martin • Moorestown, NJ

81d • $110,500 - $198,422

About The Position

As a part of the Lockheed Martin community, we take on challenges and find solutions using creativity and collaboration. If you're looking to be a part of a passionate team solving these complex problems, then Rotary and Mission Systems is the place for you. By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related STEM degree with minimum 9 years of related experience
• Experience in radar tracking system methodologies including but not limited to state estimation (e.g., Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Interacting Multiple Model (IMM)), detection-to-track association (e.g., Global Nearest Neighbor (GNN), Multiple Hypothesis Tracking (MHT)), and general track management
• Experience analyzing LRDR RepBox model aspects of tracking systems and compare back to anchored data

Nice To Haves

• Experience with tracking systems within elements of the Missile Defense System, including sensor fusion techniques
• Ability and willingness to learn new physical and mathematical concepts
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a group setting
• Knowledge of the Long-Range Discrimination Radar and its Tracking algorithms
• Experience with electromagnetic attack
• Experience in creation of novel tracking system algorithms, and/or algorithm optimizations
• Experience with working in a team environment
• Experience in conducting system of systems analysis and trade studies
• Proficiency in C++

Responsibilities

• Develop high-fidelity modeling and simulation for radar tracking algorithms to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
• Conduct performance analyses and trade studies on tracking functions
• Provide algorithm design feedback of low-to-high fidelity LRDR RepBox code that incorporates sensing phenomenology, signal processing, detection, tracking, and discrimination functionalities, and interface dependencies with other Ground-Based Midcourse Defense components
• Provide expertise in radar tracking and sensor fusion
• Coordinate analysis activities and products with functional group leads, senior management, and government personnel
• Prepare detailed reports and briefings to document analysis results
• Present findings to the MDA
• Provide continuous recurring guidance for the development and sustainment of a RepBox 'black box behavior and effects level' for a Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) RepBox models
• Analyze RepBox anchoring runs and compare to HWIL runs (flight test and/or ground test)
• Act as liaison for RepBox development team when obtaining reach-back support from Moorestown LRDR prime contractor
• Identify and elaborate feature improvements to the RepBox LRDR model
• Define Certification criteria for the applicable LRDR radar model RepBox and provide Certification statements as the Radar SME
• Provide certification level radar SME analysis support with anchoring data to HWIL and RepBox provided run output

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree