Senior Payloads Analyst

Company Overview

KODA is a people-first company recognized as a five-time winner of Huntsville's Best Places to Work® Award, certified as a Great Place to Work®, and a Best Place for Working Parents®. KODA is a small business focused on solving complex engineering problems on national-priority projects in domains such as missile defense, hypersonics, DOD space, and civil space.

Our expertise spans Radar and Missile Development, Multi-Domain Operations, Flight and Ground Test Planning and Execution, Tactical Data Link Testing, Test Range Instrumentation, Systems Engineering and Integration, Model and Simulation Development, and Digital Engineering/Model-Based Systems Engineering.

The name KODA, a Native American word meaning 'allies', embodies our dedication to our customers and each other. Trust and integrity guide us in all we do. We prioritize our people, support national-priority missions, and give back to our community through the KODA Cares program. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a commitment to professional growth. Join us and learn more at

KODA Technologies is seeking a Senior Payloads Analyst to support the Targets and Countermeasures program office by providing integrated technical and programmatic advice to Targets Program Manager(s) and Chief Engineer(s). Additionally, you will provide technical support in monitoring and assessing the performance of MDA prime contractors and target providers to ensure their activities and products meet program requirements and facilitate planning, organizing, coordinating and executing the target technical program activities.

• Serve as an expert on behalf of the MDA/DT Targets program office in support of the design and analysis of payloads and countermeasures.
• Provide oversight of payload and countermeasure requirements development.
• Provide an independent assessment of the prime contractor payload and countermeasure designs.
• Provide technical reviews and recommendations on all design and development plans to include prime contractor reports, analyses, procedures, etc.
• Provide technical evaluation of target instrumentation to include requirements, instrumentation layout, types of instrumentation, testing of instrumentation, etc.
• Provide technical evaluation to the Targets program office in support of all program reviews:
  System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Test Readiness Review, Failure Review Board, Manufacturing Review Board, Product Acceptance Review, System Pedigree Review, Total Program Review, Design/Requirements/Signatures/Test TIMs, etc.
• Support requests from MDA organizations outside of the Targets program office by providing technical responses to information requests and coordinating Technical Interchange Meetings.
• Support DTTE Technical Team requests for design information, such as CAD drawings, materials, and hardware for signature testing in support of characterization and optical/RF model development.
• Support the cost analysis team with technical evaluation for an accurate cost estimate for PM.
• Support program scheduler to meet program delivery deadlines and keep PM advised.

• Master's degree and 12+ years working on payloads or countermeasures for DoD programs, or a Bachelor's degree and 20+ years working on payloads or countermeasures for DoD programs.
• Experience across multiple engineering disciplines.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an active DoD Secret Clearance.

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