Senior Systems Engineer

QED Systems LLC•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

16h•$135,000 - $155,000

About The Position

QED Systems, LLC, is currently recruiting a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to support our C5ISR Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Division contract. This is a Systems Engineering and Technical Advisor (SETA) position with an expectation to assume “hands-on” responsibilities for leadership, execution, and completion of projects and programs within the PNT Division portfolio. Use your experience in Radio Frequency (RF), Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Communications / Signals Engineering, or Software Engineering with a background in data analysis and hardware integration to execute duties including but not limited to the following:

Requirements

Critical thinking and initiative.
Detail-oriented with technical, verbal, and written communication skills.
MatLab and/or Python script writing.
Data Collection, Analysis and Hardware Integration.
Familiarity with RF Signal Processing.
Experience with basic lab equipment and tools.
ACTIVE CLEARANCE LEVEL REQUIRED: Secret
Bachelor’s degree is required. Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related scientific /technical discipline preferred.
A minimum of ten (10) years of related experience is required.

Responsibilities

Serve as an engineer and team member with responsibility for a portion of an S&T effort. Prepare contract documentation defining requirements, objectives to be obtained and standards of performance.
Develop techniques and improve algorithms to exploit and combine sensor data.
Develop novel and/or improve existing techniques, processes, materials, and/or algorithms, and/or equipment in assigned systems.
Develop integrated systems leveraging commercial sensor technologies and prototype software.
Design, analyze, and test digital, analog, and complex electronics and electronic circuit designs.
Conduct testing, characterization and evaluation of sensors, components and systems to verify quality, functionality, and performance of designed products, validating collected test data against program requirements and providing feedback via written reports.
Develop lab-based software implementations to evaluate and test algorithms and techniques leveraging tools such as MatLab or Python.
Write Python code to integrate multiple pieces of test hardware.
Write software for coordinating multiple pieces of test equipment and data collection and to perform subsequent data analysis.