Radar Engineer

KBR • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

KBR’s Missile, Aviation, and Ground Systems (MAGS) division delivers mission engineering solutions for critical U.S. Army programs, specializing in aviation and ground systems, integrated air and missile defense, and threat and target systems. As a trusted partner of the U.S. Department of War, MAGS provides innovative, technology-driven solutions to enhance national security. With a global presence and a strong ethical framework, KBR ensures secure, effective, and mission-ready capabilities worldwide. Join a dynamic team of talented and inspired engineers supporting Air and Missile Defense customers on the Lower Tier and Air Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). This program integrates state-of-the-art sensor technology with existing Army Air and Missile Defense systems, and requires in-depth understanding of radar systems and theory, performance data experience, and hardware background. As a Radar Engineer, you will play a critical role performing research and trade studies, developing and proposing algorithms, shaping and defining performance metrics, evaluating radar OEM algorithms and system performance, developing analysis tools and scripts, and reviewing technical documentation and CDRLs. You will interface directly with our US Government customers and contractor experts regularly, focusing on radar performance, algorithms, performance analysis, and related technical tasks, such as development and review of system performance requirements, PWS, and SOW technical contract language. This position is ideal for someone who is highly organized, highly experienced in radar systems, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced and collaborative environment. This job is seeking someone with deep subject matter expertise in radar as related to air and missile defense systems. You will participate in and represent the customers in various US Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (E.g., PMR, PDR, CDR, and other meetings) to provide technical and programmatic-based system recommendations and risk assessments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in radar signal processing, system engineering, RF engineering, radar operations, or related discipline
• Active DoD secret clearance
• Demonstrated technical expertise on radar to develop concepts and designs, evaluate feasibility of new technologies, as well as troubleshooting and resolving design, development, and operation issues
• Familiarity with radar metrics (range equation, free space equation, SNR, RCS, track accuracy, false tracks; among others)
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to build consensus among peers
• Proficiency with MATLAB and/or Python for modeling and analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications with strong presentation skills and capable of briefing audiences large or small of varying technical knowledge
• Overnight travel up to 10% of the time

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in radar signal processing, system engineering, RF engineering, radar operations, or related discipline
• Experience working in the Air and Missile Defense Sector
• Experience with phased array radar design engineering tradeoffs and beamforming techniques
• Experience with signal processing, including FFT, filtering, and detection algorithms
• Experience in advanced radar topics such as Range-Doppler Matrix (RDM) formation, Interrogation Friend-or-Foe (IFF) subsystems, target classification features and methods such as Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR) and general discrimination waveforms, Electronic Protection (EP) implementations, radar coordinate systems and transformations, and RF Receiver Chain analysis.

Responsibilities

• performing research and trade studies
• developing and proposing algorithms
• shaping and defining performance metrics
• evaluating radar OEM algorithms and system performance
• developing analysis tools and scripts
• reviewing technical documentation and CDRLs
• interfacing directly with our US Government customers and contractor experts regularly, focusing on radar performance, algorithms, performance analysis, and related technical tasks, such as development and review of system performance requirements, PWS, and SOW technical contract language
• participate in and represent the customers in various US Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (E.g., PMR, PDR, CDR, and other meetings) to provide technical and programmatic-based system recommendations and risk assessments

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees