Principal Mission/Systems Engineer - R&D Systems Development and Deployment - Onsite - Salt Lake City, UT - Active TS/SCI Required - (AST - CI)

Date Posted:

2023-09-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT205: 1128 W 2400 South, Salt Lake C 1128 West 2400 South AST - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, 84119 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Principal Mission/Systems Engineer who strives for excellence and have a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world.

AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners. AST’s work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to resolve problems and make the world a safer place. AST’s work environment is passionate, highly collaborative and provides engineers the freedom to strengthen and expand their skills, explore new and creative ideas, and work closely with our nation’s finest service members all while embracing integrity, diversity, and work-life balance. AST offers generous reward and recognition programs in compensation, broad career development opportunities, excellent health care options, educational assistance, parental leave, flexible work schedules, 401(k) with matching, paid holidays, and paid time off.

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Applied Signal Technology: WHO WE ARE

This is an onsite position located in Salt Lake City, UT.

*eligible for relocation*

We are currently seeking a Principal Mission/Systems Engineer with experience in system development. You will work with other experienced members in R&D on system development and deployments for the protection of our country. You need excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work autonomously yet collaboratively in a team environment. You will generate briefings and present material to team members, customers, and Raytheon Management as necessary. As a Principal Mission/Systems Engineer, you will be an integral part of a team that makes decisions and generates ideas that will push products above and beyond.

Qualifications/Experience Needed: 

• Typically requires minimum 8+ years of practical experience in Systems Engineering including experience with design, development and testing of custom hardware and software systems of high complexity

• Experience interacting with development teams to resolve discrepancies and issues

• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems in all phases of the system lifecycle

• Experience with Systems Integration, test execution, and test results documentation

• Experience problem solving and debugging

• Experience recognizing areas of improvement or customer needs and relaying them to senior staff as business development possibilities

• Experience working with customers, end users, hardware design teams, and software design teams

• Ability to work weekends and nights periodically to support integration and testing efforts.

• Active and transferable U.S. Government issued TS/SCI clearance is required on day 1 of employment.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience

Security Clearance: 

• Active and transferable 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 a security clearance 

• Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance.  Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with RF, Optics, or Telecommunications standards and processing techniques

• Experience with Design, Development, Integration and Test of complex Communication systems

• Experience developing high speed processing hardware or complex control software

• Experience developing training courses and training others

• Understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and signal processing fundamental