Staff Radar Systems Engineer

Staff Radar Systems Engineer

Caribou Thunder

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Requisition#: NC10002

Date Posted: 7/12/2023

Salary: $140K-$160K

Security Clearance: Secret or the ability to obtain Secret

Education: Bachelor’s degree (STEM)

Experience: 14 years

(12 years with a Master’s degree, 9 years with a Ph.D., 4 additional years in lieu of a degree)

Position Summary

Caribou Thunder is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Radar Systems Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will apply your analytical skills to a wide range of systems engineering activities in support of a large National Defense program. We are looking for a versatile and innovative individual who is well-versed in radar-related technical subjects and disciplines, with a mastery of some and a strong willingness to continue learning and collaborating with team members.

If you are a highly skilled and motivated Staff Radar Systems Engineer with a passion for radar technology and a desire to contribute to a large-scale defense program, we encourage you to apply. Join our team at Caribou Thunder and be part of a dynamic environment where you can apply your expertise to tackle complex engineering challenges.

Complete Description

As a Staff Radar Systems Engineer, you will play a vital role in planning and executing team projects, developing work packages, prototypes, and customer demonstrations.

• Develop calibration test procedures for radar systems.
• Execute tests and evaluate results to assess the effectiveness of calibrations.
• Refine calibration concepts of operations (conops) and procedures.
• Support the software team in implementing calibration algorithms.
• Implement calibration algorithms in MATLAB, run simulations, and analyze the results.
• Apply physics and engineering principles, mathematical analysis, and modeling and simulation techniques to support the development and analysis of advanced sensor systems, technologies, and algorithms.
• Conduct research, analysis, evaluation, and development of technologies from industry, academia, and government organizations, including Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS), and open-source technologies.
• Consider custom approaches to address challenging sensing problems.
• Provide systems engineering recommendations and assist in planning and executing development efforts for complex sensor systems and systems of systems.
• Travel up to 25% of the time, including up to 10% of international travel.

Minimum Requirements

• Familiarity with microwave test equipment, such as Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) and signal generators.
• Experience using requirements management tools like DOORS.
• Experience using discrepancy management tools like Jira, Bugzilla, etc.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, C/C++, and Fortran.
• Substantial domain expertise and extensive experience in multiple areas, including:
  • Systems Engineering.
  • Radar principles.
  • Radar system modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.
  • Radar waveforms and digital signal processing (DSP) methods.
  • Radar imaging and processing techniques.
  • Radar antenna and Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) system principles, digital beamforming, and array processing.
  • Electronic Protection (EP) and clutter mitigation principles.
  • Object detection, tracking, classification, and related algorithms.
  • Algorithm development and testing.
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC) and parallelization techniques.
  • Multi-static radar principles.
  • Business development.
  • Innovative technology concept development.

Company Description

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006.

Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space, and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world. Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry leading salaries, flexible work life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where each and every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal supporting National Security programs. 

Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

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