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SAIC · 1 month ago

GEOINT Radar Engineer

Chantilly, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$114K/yr - $189K/yr

7+ years exp

SAIC is seeking a GEOINT Radar Engineer to provide Systems Engineer Technical Advisor (SETA) services for a critical position on SAIC’s Prime Program, Landmark AOS in Chantilly, VA. The role involves providing technical support to facilitate the development of GEOINT capabilities and performing engineering and analysis to ensure successful program delivery.

Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with the IC customer to advance resiliency activities/initiatives in RF/Radar technology

Retain cognizance of a wide variety of GEOINT mission processing projects including technical baseline, project schedules, dependencies, risks, and cost

Advise Senior and Mid-Level managers on architectural decisions to include investment strategies, acquisition portfolio priorities, risk assessment of project execution

Interface directly with development Prime Contractors in the role of oversight, monitoring of software development and integration activities and ensuring alignment with Government requirements and objectives

Operate side-by-side with Program staff comprised of world class System Engineers, Acquisition Engineers, and Domain Experts to lead the customer in acquiring modern processing applications

Conduct Strategic planning for both mission architecture needs (technical trade studies, definition of future architecture planning, software service recommendations etc.) and programmatic (Program Developing enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface requirements

Accomplish performance assessment and provide estimates of cost, schedule, and risk impacts to existing Ground architecture implementations

Provide technical and cost assessment of vendor proposals, review technical reports, design artifacts and program plans

Qualification

Radar/RF phenomenologyRadar/RF systemsRequirements developmentIC/DoD/commercial space architecturesMS Office familiarityOrganizational skillsTime-management skillsVerbal communicationWritten communication

Required

Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree

Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Poly

Experience in Radar/RF phenomenology specific to collection and processing methodology

Experience in Radar/RF systems to include tasking, command & control, collection, mission processing, or dissemination

Experience in requirements development and definition activities

Experience with IC, DoD, and/or commercial space architectures, systems and/or operations/Domain knowledge in Ground Software, Space Development Programs or Mission Operations programs

Strong organizational, time-management, and verbal / written communication skills, able to convey information across multiple customer and corporate audiences

Familiarity with MS Office tool suite