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Boeing · 18 hours ago

Tactical Seeker Engineer (Experienced, Lead or Senior)

St Charles, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$107K/yr - $145K/yr

3+ years exp

Boeing is seeking an experienced Tactical Seeker Engineer to support new product development for their Cruise Missile and Direct Attack weapon portfolio. This role involves developing and testing seeker-based solutions, applying theoretical and practical knowledge of radar seeker operation, and providing technical mentorship for early career engineers.

AerospaceIndustrial

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Contributes to a multi-level team in the development and test of seeker based solutions within the portfolio of Cruise Missiles and Direct Attack weapons for guidance and navigation applications

Applies both theoretical and practical knowledge of radar seeker operation, performance, modeling and test

Performs trade studies, modeling, simulation and other forms of analysis to predict real-world seeker behavior, impacts on system performance and to optimize design around complex requirements

Understands and communicates theoretical performance of radar seeker systems

Creates and coordinates laboratory and captive flight test plans, participates in test activities, reviews test data and documents findings

Develops models, simulation tools, and algorithm strategies for systems using Infrared, Laser and Radar sensors

Provides technical mentorship for early career engineers

Evaluate candidate sensor systems to increase weapon or other airborne system capabilities, decrease cost, and ensure compliance to requirements

Develops prototype sensor processing, fusion, tracking and guidance measurement algorithms

Have opportunities to travel in support of flight test activities and troubleshoot operational and delivered product service anomalies where you will see in-person the awesome capability of our Air Force, Navy, Army and international customers

Supports project management by coordinating development of work statement, budget, schedule and other required inputs and conducting appropriate reviews

Qualification

C/C++ programmingModelingSimulation toolsRadar signal processingSensor integrationAdvanced mathematicsInfrared sensor processingCommunication skillsTeam collaborationTechnical mentorship

Required

Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret clearance Post-Start is required

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

3+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience with C/C++ language computer programming

Experience with developing and using modeling and simulation tools in C/C++ and Matlab/Simulink

Experience implementing radar signal processing algorithms to provide solutions for seeker guidance, object location, discrimination and tracking, and image enhancement

Experience integrating seeker solutions into weapon or missile platforms

Knowledge of advanced mathematical principles as applied to aerospace analysis and modeling. Examples include stochastic process and decision theory, transform methods, computational geometry, numerical linear algebra, optimization, computational math, numerical analysis, and Monte Carlo analysis