Radar Engineer

SAIC • Denver, CO

22h • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Radar Engineer to join its National Security and Space Sector and support a joint Intelligence Community and Department of Defense program focused on space and counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services. The role is based on-site in Aurora, Colorado, and involves collaborating with U.S. Government civilians and contractors to solve applied technical problems and develop solutions for space-related capabilities and threats.

The engineer will assess ground- and space-based radar systems, radar phenomenology, target signatures, and radar signal-processing techniques. The work emphasizes technical problem solving and developing solution options, and includes specialized studies, physics-based modeling and simulation, analysis, and technical trades. The engineer will build and maintain knowledge of U.S. and foreign space systems, counter-space threats, and space surveillance and identification, and will provide technical recommendations and risk assessments to program stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in physics or engineering and at least 9 years of direct experience analyzing and interpreting radar systems and data; at least 7 years with a master’s degree.
• Proven analytic problem-solving experience exploiting radar data of space objects, including familiarity with radar data products, signal-processing techniques, and scattering phenomenology.
• Understanding of astrodynamics and space-system fundamentals.
• Fluency with relevant specialized software tools or programming languages for space systems, such as MATLAB, Python, C++, or similar.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively individually and in groups, proactively initiate work, and operate in dynamic, incompletely defined environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal and external customers and stakeholders with diverse technical backgrounds.
• Must hold a TS/SCI clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with IC and/or DoD space-system development, acquisition, or operations.
• Understanding of the technical and operational concepts of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR).
• Familiarity with evaluating and using vendor-provided modeling products such as HFSS, CST, and X-Patch.
• TS/SCI with Poly clearance is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct specialized technical studies related to radar systems, targets, and data products, providing assessments and actionable solutions to program managers or satellite owner/operators.
• Lead and participate in complex physics-based modeling, simulation, and analysis, and conduct technical trades.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space, foreign space, counter-space threats, and space surveillance and identification.
• Represent the customer in Government and contractor meetings and attend programmatic and technical reviews, such as PMR, PDR, and CDR, providing technical recommendations and risk assessments.
• Frequently interact with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs, and external stakeholders.
• Develop productive relationships with Program Office, Prime, subcontractor, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other subject matter experts.
• Apply technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior