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Raytheon · 1 day ago

EA/EP Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Tewksbury, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$132K/yr - $252K/yr

10+ years exp

Raytheon is a leader in defense and aerospace technologies, seeking a talented Electronic Attack / Electronic Protection (EA/EP) Systems Engineer. The role involves defining radar system architectures, developing operational concepts, and designing radar processing algorithms within a dynamic development environment.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

The EA/EP and SP Systems Engineer will be responsible for the definition of radar system architectures, the development of concepts of operations for the radar system, the design of radar processing algorithms, and the development and decomposition of system, hardware and software requirements

Opportunities also exist to perform statistical analysis of the radar system performance using real and/or simulated data

Work is performed in a dynamic development environment in support of multiple research and development efforts, working with internal and external customers across related product lines

Focus areas for these radar systems include:

Algorithm Development

Signal Processing and Waveform Design

Electronic Protection Methods

Phased Array and Digital Beamforming Technology

Radar Search, Track and Discrimination Design

Statistical and Numerical Analysis of Radar Performance Data

Target and Threat Modeling

Integration and test of large systems

Model Based System Engineering Development

Qualification

Radar System ArchitectureAlgorithm DevelopmentSignal ProcessingModel Based Systems EngineeringStatistical AnalysisElectronic Protection MethodsDigital BeamformingThreat ModelingCustomer InteractionTeam Collaboration

Required

Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 10 years of prior engineering experience or equivalent experience

An active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance

Experience with design, development, and analysis of radar system and software architecture

Experience in writing and evaluating requirements for digital signal processing functionality

Strong background in modeling and assessing threat air and ground, RF, Electronic Attack (EA) capabilities, and advanced weapon system concept performance and employment

Design, implementation and testing of algorithms for detection, discrimination and tracking systems

Preferred

Minimum of 3 years of experience with design, development, and analysis of radar system and software architecture

Ability to perform statistical modeling of radar signals and analyze detection and track performance

Experience with signal processing techniques in complex propagation environments

Experience interfacing with customers and lead technical solutions to complex user requirements

Experience with digital beamforming, adaptive cancellation techniques, clutter filtering and Doppler processing, ambiguity resolution, maximum likelihood estimation, CFAR processing

Define algorithms to support the optimization of system performance and operations by applying fundamental radar principles and modeling electronic countermeasure (ECM) techniques

Experience with advanced processing algorithms for clutter and jamming suppression

Knowledge of RF communications and/or radar systems to generate realistic models and simulations of threat systems and apply these models to quantify the effectiveness of EA concepts and designs against such threats in operational environments

EA technique development

EA simulation tool familiarization

EA subsystem/system development and integration experience

Familiarity with beamforming architectures and techniques

Ability to design and analyze multi-target track filtering algorithms

Experience with RF Systems Engineering including knowledge of RF performance analysis

Familiarity with the Navy, Air Force and Army Customers

Experienced with completing designs on schedule and within budget

Master's Degree in Engineering