Senior Technical Lead Radar Systems Engineering

Title:
Senior Technical Lead Radar Systems Engineering

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K 's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: K 's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Position Summary:

K  National Security Solutions is seeking a motivated and talented Senior Technical Leader in Systems Engineering for its Special Programs Advanced Technology team, which operates primarily from corporate locations in Ann Arbor, MI, and Chantilly, VA. The selected candidate for this position will both contribute to and coordinate the efforts of team(s) in the design, development, implementation, integration, testing and delivery of hardware, software, and systems solutions across a portfolio of funded Government contracts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering Tasks: Perform engineering tasks to develop systems capable of meeting operational requirements within imposed constraints.

• Remote Sensing System Concept Development: Apply advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes to develop system concepts and processing algorithms in the remote sensing domain, with an emphasis on radar systems for airborne and space-based platforms.
• Functional Analyses: Perform functional analyses to ensure systems meet performance criteria.
• Operations and Procedures: Formulate, recommend, and direct operations and procedures to resolve engineering and/or technical problems.
• Conduct Studies: Conduct special studies and investigations related to projects.
• Technical Assistance: Provide technical assistance and instruction related to design problems.
• Project Requirements Analysis: Analyze project requirements and provide information and instruction for designing, operating, maintaining, and modifying systems.
• Solutions Integration: Ensure that solutions can be integrated into viable complete systems.
• Work Delegation: Plan and coordinate the work of other engineers and technical personnel, with completed assignments subject to minimum review of overall results.
• Personnel Guidance: Train, direct, and assist the efforts of other personnel, as required, to fulfill the objectives of the assignment.
• Organizational Consultancy: Serve as an organizational consultant; leads multi-discipline or cross-functional team(s).
• Assignment Management: Under broad direction, interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate assignments.
• Staff Supervision: May supervise lower-level engineers.
• Strategic Planning: Participate in the strategic planning process and ensure appropriate skills are available when needed.
• Project Guidance: Advise staff on projects and tasks.
• Work Methods Evaluation: Evaluate and recommend changes in work methods and procedures in assigned areas.
• On-going Process Improvement: Develop and implement new processes/procedures as needed.
• Staffing Referrals: Recommend candidates for employment.
• Team
  
  Coaching:
  
  Coach and motivate team members.
• Business Development: Develop new business opportunities, and associated strategies and tactics to win work.
• General: Perform all other duties as assigned.

Work Environment:

• Location: On-Site
• Travel Requirements: Moderate (20% to 50%)
• Working Hours: Flexible

Qualifications:

Required:

• Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance
• Education: BS degree in electrical engineering, applied physics, or applied mathematics plus 25 years of relevant experience, including supervisory experience; or Masters' degree plus 16 years' experience; or Ph.D. with 8 or more years of relevant experience. Specific contract requirements regarding education and experience will prevail.
• Technical Lead
  
  Experience:
  
  Demonstrated experience (5 years minimum) as a systems engineering technical lead, with responsibility for successful concurrent execution and delivery on development projects.
• Remote Sensing Knowledge: Knowledge of remote sensing technologies including active and passive sensor systems which operate in the RF regime, and the concepts, signal and image processing algorithms and software architectures that enable these systems.
• Prototyping
  
  Experience:
  
  Engineering software (prototyping) experience in MATLAB and/or Python.
• Established Client Relationship
  
  Skills:
  
  Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain trusted client relationships
• Research Development
  
  Experience:
  
  A demonstrated ability to successfully execute research and development projects (for prototypes, products &…