Senior SETA

Peraton•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

The Sr SETA is expected to review the designs and technical approaches to assist the customer with technical assessments on the viability and suitability of the design approaches. The engineer is expected to utilize systems engineering skills to support customer-integrated, deployable systems and internal processes. They will also be expected to provide recommendations to improve the probability of success.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph
Bachelors' degree in an engineering or other related technical discipline
12 years of experience in the design, development, and testing of hardware, or master’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience
Strong background in systems engineering processes
Systems engineering and technical experience of RF systems
Be able to analyze and assess the performance of various RF systems
Good organizational and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

Nice To Haves

Masters' degree or higher in an engineering, science, or other related technical discipline
Experience with scripting languages such as MATLAB and Python
Experience with Linux operating systems and development/testing of network communications required across operating systems
Antenna design: polarization/pattern/bandwidth, atmospheric propagation, etc.
Receiver design: sensitivity, dynamic range, phase linearity, etc.
Processing design: edge processing, recording, data formats, etc.

Responsibilities

Provide recommendations on current systems to include enhancements and innovations
Provide systems engineering support to projects
Identify and assess technical risks and provided recommendations for mitigations
Provide independent assessment of projects
Develop test strategies for the evaluation of systems
Attend design, monthly, and other reviews, document results of these meetings, solicit and integrate comments from the customer, and provide recommendations to the customer project manager
Fully document all developmental requirements and deliver to the customer for evaluation
Assist in the review and assessment of deliverables
Perform engineering analysis of system architecture requirements and proposed RF design
Employ digital signal processing
Ensure system test procedures and subsequent analysis are based on sound principles of statistical analysis.
Time domain analysis (time-time rasters, etc.)
Spectral analysis (power spectral density, spectral rasters, tune-filter-decimate stages, etc.)
Use various data formats (complex baseband, power spectral density, pulse descriptor words, etc.)
Power/pattern/polarization analysis