What are the responsibilities and job description for the Radar Systems Engineer position at SAIC?
Job Details
Job ID: 2504123
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-04-02
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC has a need for a Radar Payload Systems Engineer to provide onsite systems engineering and technical advisory services (SETA) in a dynamic System Program Office (SPO) supporting a Government customer with multiple satellite systems, both on-orbit and in development. This position will primarily support the design, development, manufacturing, assembly, and integration and test activities for Radar payloads for a major satellite program.
Job Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD and nine (9) years or more experience.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-04-02
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC has a need for a Radar Payload Systems Engineer to provide onsite systems engineering and technical advisory services (SETA) in a dynamic System Program Office (SPO) supporting a Government customer with multiple satellite systems, both on-orbit and in development. This position will primarily support the design, development, manufacturing, assembly, and integration and test activities for Radar payloads for a major satellite program.
Job Responsibilities:
- Acts as an advisor and provides technical support to the government
- Recognized as a radar subject matter expert, specifically in the areas of Synthetic Aperture Radar, Space Time Processing, and Moving Target Indication
- Supports the SPO in a technical capacity for planning, execution, monitoring, and oversight of Radar payload systems development and acquisition
- Applies advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories and concepts to develop novel radar system solutions
- Develops and maintains an in-depth understanding of system level requirements for assigned systems and the design features that satisfy these requirements
- Oversees design and development of Radar payload systems and components
- Assists the government in developing concept of operations (CONOPS) and approaches for radar systems
- Leads and prepares trade studies, system sensitivity studies, design optimization studies, system performance assessments, and system design assessments
- Ensures research and development (R&D) efforts are planned and conducted on sound engineering practices including management of technical risks
- Providing oversight of acquisitions, with specific focus on the Radar payload systems elements, functionality, interfaces, manufacture, build, test, and operations to ensure end-to-end system closure and satisfaction of mission requirements
- Develops documents and briefings to communicate work status, briefs government and industry as required
Qualifications
Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD and nine (9) years or more experience.
- Experience with radar system design, operations, and data processing
- Experience with space systems design, development, manufacturing, and testing
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment
- Strong work ethic and self-motivation
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience as a SETA or satellite developer preferred
- TS/SCI with polygraph required
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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