Radar + RF Communications Engineer

Peraton•,

1d•Remote

About The Position

Peraton Labs is searching for a Part-Time Radar + RF Communications Engineer. This position will initially be 20 hours/week, with the potential to grow into a full-time position. It is also a fully remote opportunity. In this position, the candidate will serve as the Radar + RF Communications Engineer for projects related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) tracking, munition tracking, and munition communications links. The candidate will work to collaborate with Radar Project Leads and senior management to develop strategic plans for Radar and Communications efforts as well as to define and execute technical direction for supporting Programs. The candidate will manage all technical facets of Radar system development, acquisition, and integration, as well as lead a multi-disciplinary Integrated Product Team (IPT) focused on technical leadership of various RADAR / Communications development and integration efforts. Responsibilities include planning, implementing, and pro-actively correcting issues related to technical performance and technical risk management for Radar efforts, and providing Radar support to the design, development, and testing of Radar systems integrated with armament systems, including high accuracy ground based radar systems tracking projectiles, threats (for some missions), and enabling advanced capabilities through a Radar to Munition Datalink for Command guidance and Navigation support in some efforts. The candidate will develop and utilize modeling and simulation tools related to radar systems, signal processing, and tracker algorithms, especially utilizing Kalman filtering and similar techniques. The candidate will conduct technical analysis to assess future system performance in new mission areas and evaluate performance of existing radar systems and suggest methods of improvement of radar performance.

Requirements

5 years of experience with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA
Degree in Physics, Computer/Electrical Engineering preferred
Intermediate to advanced level of Radar expertise required
Proficiency in Matlab is preferred
US Citizenship is required
Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

Nice To Haves

Expertise in Radar systems, signal processing, tracking and track filtering as well as other aspects of Radar including phased array antennas, digital arrays, active electronically scanned arrays, RF processing and digital signal processing in FPGAs
Experience in RF and microelectronics that would be integrated with gun launched projectiles is a plus, when related to radar datalink technologies
Knowledge of communications systems and methods also a big plus related to radar datalink work for navigation support and command guidance architectures
The ability to analyze recorded and simulated data from a variety of Radar systems, parsing, organization, manipulation of data to generate plots, tables, and conclusions based on specific project needs

Responsibilities

Serve as the Radar + RF Communications Engineer for projects related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) tracking, munition tracking, and munition communications links.
Collaborate with Radar Project Leads and senior management to develop strategic plans for Radar and Communications efforts.
Define and execute technical direction for supporting Programs.
Manage all technical facets of Radar system development, acquisition, and integration.
Lead a multi-disciplinary Integrated Product Team (IPT) focused on technical leadership of various RADAR / Communications development and integration efforts.
Plan, implement, and proactively correct issues related to technical performance and technical risk management for Radar efforts.
Provide Radar support to the design, development, and testing of Radar systems integrated with armament systems.
Develop and utilize modeling and simulation tools related to radar systems, signal processing, and tracker algorithms, especially utilizing Kalman filtering and similar techniques.
Conduct technical analysis to assess future system performance in new mission areas.
Evaluate performance of existing radar systems and suggest methods of improvement of radar performance.