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. As a Radar Engineer, you will play a critical role performing research, developing M&S, algorithms, performance metrics, evaluating algorithms and system performance, developing analysis tools and scripts, and maintaining software repositories. You will support our project managers and work closely with subcontractors and government customers, focusing on radar modeling, analysis, simulation framework development, and related configuration management tasks. This position is ideal for someone who is highly organized, highly experienced in radar systems, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. This job is seeking someone with deep subject matter expertise in radar as related to air and missile defense systems.

Requirements

• Certified Engineering Degree, advanced degree preferred
• 8 or more years of Experience
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain a DoD secret clearance.
• Programming experience in Python, C/C++, and Matlab.
• Experience with GIT, Gitlab, or DevOps (or similar) required.
• Linux and Windows software development environments experience.
• Experience with Radar systems in air and missile defense.

Nice To Haves

• Radar M&S experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical engineering and problem solving for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) System of System problems with a focus on radar.
• Develop algorithms and explore concepts related to IAMD system of systems including radar and battle management technologies.
• Develop models and simulations of IAMD systems with a focus on radar systems.
• Develop metrics, analyze data, and assess performance of IAMD radar systems.
• Perform analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life cycle development of systems.
• Support planning and execution of system performance analysis, independent performance assessments, post-test analysis and simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) activities.
• Assist in simulation framework development activities.
• Maintain and improve large scale simulations to support multiple missions and integrate existing models from mission partners into simulations.
• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support during execution of analysis for Hardware In-the Loop (HWIL), Digital Modeling and Simulation (M&S), and analysis tasks.
• Develop software including modeling and simulation efforts and/or automation of analysis tools.
• Participate in M&S Meetings.

What This Job Offers

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