Radar System Engineer

Description

Job Description:

The Leidos Innovations Center produces and sustains sensor systems supporting Homeland Defense. You’ll directly impact the Department of Defense’s Homeland Defense mission by improving survivability and decreasing vulnerability against foreign threat systems. 

We are seeking a Radar System Engineer with a sensor background to collect, analyze, and identify trends in sensor data from cutting edge operational systems to provide insight and improvements to system performance.    The ideal candidate will have a background in sensor performance analysis to include, signal processing, track processing and environmental effects.  

In this role you will perform the following:

• Identification and root cause analysis of system anomalies

• Performance prediction and modelling of test scenarios

• Analysis of test results, investigate discrepancies, and propose solutions to identified issues

• Use mathematical models and simulation to provide system level analysis to support assessment of design changes

• The successful candidate will have strong analytic and communication skills and work well in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment.

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of signal processing, tracking algorithms and filters

• Complex systems development experience including algorithms, software, data analysis, modeling and simulation

• Experience with coding in MATLAB and bash, and additionally at least one language (C, C++, JAVA and/or Python)

• Experience with modeling and simulation

• Experience with Linux

• 4 or more years’ experience working with sensor systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Physics

• DoD SECRET Clearance with the most recent investigation in the previous 6 years

Desired Skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Data Analytics, Physics or equivalent

• Knowledge of radar principles

LInC

Electronic Warfare

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 45,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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