Radar Engineer

Astrion

72d

About The Position

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Radar Engineer Journeyman providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/HBD), Theater Battle Control Division. The Theater Battle Control Division manages efforts focused on developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining programs that support worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2ISR), Tactical Air Control, Air/Ground Surveillance, Time Critical Targeting, Combat Identification, Radar Imagery, Integrated Air/Missile Defense, and Mobile/Fixed C2ISR Performance, Exploitation & Dissemination Facilities.

Requirements

• Must have and be able to maintain an Active Secret clearance.
• Must be a US citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in a professional engineering discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline, 3 of which must be in the DoD.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized radar engineering expertise to support the design, operation, modernization, and sustainment of radar systems throughout the entire acquisition life cycle.
• Conduct performance evaluations, design analysis, modernization planning, and engineering support for both domestic programs and Foreign Military Sales.
• Contribute to system architecture, acquisition processes, and technical management to ensure mission readiness and capability enhancements.
• Develop design concepts, conduct performance evaluations, and analyze system metrics for radar systems.
• Provide technical expertise in evaluating design alternatives and advising on modernization sequencing and mission improvements.
• Conduct system engineering analysis to assess aging hardware and recommend subsystem/component upgrades or modifications.
• Identify optimal approaches for system upgrades, capability gap resolutions, and threat scenario validations.
• Develop and validate radar performance, refine system requirements, and support regression testing.
• Conduct and support engineering and technical activities through all acquisition phases.
• Prepare engineering documentation such as Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), and related artifacts.
• Participate in technical reviews, assessments, and interchange meetings.
• Perform system design feasibility studies, architecture documentation, deficiency identification, and solution planning.
• Ensure interoperability and maintain baselined system architecture requirements.
• Translate DoD user requirements into system specifications and provide engineering analysis of training equipment and simulator requirements.
• Apply DoD acquisition and sustainment systems engineering processes across the product life cycle.
• Prepare, review, and optimize program specifications, simulation models, MBSE outputs, and digital engineering analyses.
• Support milestone reviews, certifications, and periodic reporting in compliance with DoD/USAF acquisition policy.
• Review contractor drawings for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with ASME Technical Data Package standards.
• Support requirements definition, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation, risk management, and configuration management.
• Conduct market research and trade studies to assess emerging systems against mission needs.
• Evaluate system cost, schedule, and performance; perform root cause analyses, audits, and technical assessments.
• Develop Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), test procedures, readiness reviews, and execute developmental testing.
• Participate in integrated logistics support (ILS), provisioning, maintenance data collection, technical order management, and alternate sourcing for diminishing manufacturing/materiel sources (DMSMS).
• Oversee radar circuit element design, development, and analysis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees