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KBR, Inc. · 3 months ago

Radar Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

KBR, Inc. is a trusted partner of the U.S. Department of Defense, specializing in mission engineering solutions for critical Army programs. As a Radar Engineer, you will support Air and Missile Defense customers by integrating advanced sensor technology, conducting research, developing algorithms, and evaluating radar system performance while collaborating with government and contractor experts.

ConsultingCyber SecurityInformation TechnologyProject ManagementSoftware EngineeringTraining

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Performing research and trade studies

Developing and proposing algorithms

Shaping and defining performance metrics

Evaluating radar OEM algorithms and system performance

Developing analysis tools and scripts

Reviewing technical documentation and CDRLs

Interfacing directly with US Government customers and contractor experts

Focusing on radar performance, algorithms, performance analysis, and related technical tasks

Participating in and representing customers in various US Government and contractor meetings

Attending contractor programmatic and technical reviews to provide technical and programmatic-based system recommendations and risk assessments

Qualification

Radar signal processingSystem engineeringRF engineeringRadar operationsMATLABPythonPhased array radarSignal processing algorithmsAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field

5+ years of experience in radar signal processing, system engineering, RF engineering, radar operations, or related discipline

Ability to obtain and/or maintain a DoD secret clearance

Demonstrated technical expertise on radar to develop concepts and designs, evaluate feasibility of new technologies, as well as troubleshooting and resolving design, development, and operation issues

Familiarity with radar metrics (range equation, free space equation, SNR, RCS, track accuracy, false tracks; among others)

Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to build consensus among peers

Proficiency with MATLAB and/or Python for modeling and analysis

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications with strong presentation skills and capable of briefing audiences large or small of varying technical knowledge

Overnight travel up to 10% of the time

Preferred

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field

10+ years of experience in radar signal processing, system engineering, RF engineering, radar operations, or related discipline

Current DoD secret security clearance

Experience working in the Air and Missile Defense Sector

Experience with phased array radar design engineering tradeoffs and beamforming techniques

Experience with signal processing, including FFT, filtering, and detection algorithms

Experience in advanced radar topics such as Range-Doppler Matrix (RDM) formation, Interrogation Friend-or-Foe (IFF) subsystems, target classification features and methods such as Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR) and general discrimination waveforms, Electronic Protection (EP) implementations, radar coordinate systems and transformations, and RF Receiver Chain analysis

Company

KBR, Inc.

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At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that are helping governments and companies around the world take on the great challenges of our time.

Founded in 1919

Houston, Texas, USA

10001+ employees