Sr. RADAR Systems Project Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration – to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.

The National Systems Group serves as the technical advisor to the Intelligence Community and its mission partners involved in the collection and distribution of national and tactical intelligence, including electronics programs, advanced technologies, ground and communications, imagery programs, and systems engineering and launch.

The Imagery Programs Division (IPD) is looking for a Senior Project Engineer to work on advanced RADAR programs for the Aerospace GEOINT Research and Technology Directorate.  In this position, you will have an opportunity to lead Aerospace activities that assist Government customers in planning, negotiating, and executing critical technology development activities, experimental programs, and study activities.  You will communicate programmatic and technical issues and provide independent recommendations to Aerospace management, the Government customer and other contractors.  As a Senior Project Engineer you must be able to work within Aerospace and across programmatic boundaries to enable Aerospace contributions to the GEOINT and Technology Development enterprise.

Work Model:

This position requires 100% on site work in Chantilly, VA

What You’ll Be Doing

• Assist the Government GEOINT Research and Technology Office customers in successfully planning, negotiating and executing crucial space system technology development and acquisition decisions.
• Lead analysis and develop recommendations for the customer in support of future RADAR systems and architectures.
• Lead analysis and collaboration on development and implementation of electronic protection across the customer community.
• Communicate programmatic and technical issues and provide independent recommendations to Aerospace management, the Government customer and other contractors.
• Integrate Aerospace activities to focus the strength of the corporation on helping the customer realize future capabilities.
• Provide input to lessons learned and best practices across the department, division, group and corporation.
• Identify Aerospace research opportunities to advance the state of art for GEOINT RADAR systems including hardware, applications, supporting methods, and tools.

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering or related technical field
• A minimum of 12 years of experience
• Understanding of space system payload development, from requirements specification through development, manufacturing, testing, verification, and on-orbit operations
• Acquisition experience with verifying and validating contractor designs and approaches
• Experience supporting advanced technology requirements development to meet emerging mission needs
• Experience with signal processing and system architecting in the areas of SAR space based systems
• This position requires a current and active TS/SSBI/SCI security clearance and polygraph, which is issued by the U.S. government.  U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Experience with GMTI mission
• Experience with designing a payload
• Strong experience working with implementation and analysis of SAR system
• Experience with electronic protection technology, CONOPs and familiarity with the community.
• Knowledge of hardware processing and architecting in the areas of FPGAs and GPUs
• An advanced degree in mathematics, physics or electrical engineering
• Excellent written and communications skills
• Ability to work individually or in teams

Leadership Competencies

Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

• Operate Strategically