CAL Systems Engineer

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Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

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We are seeking Staff CAL Systems Engineers to join our Built‑in‑Test (BIT) / Calibration Systems Engineering team in Linthicum, MD. This role is 100% on‑site and primarily focused on calibration (Cal) modes for advanced RF sensor systems.

What You’ll get to Do:

Cal Mode Integration & Verification Engineer This role focuses on taking established Cal modes that have not been fully vetted, then driving them to operational readiness and full requirements verification.

Take existing Cal modes and systematically vet, test, and mature them for operational use.

Partner with other mode teams to incorporate and tailor Cal modes that support their specific performance needs.

Analyze Cal performance, identify deficiencies or edge cases, and define updates to tactical code for correction and optimization.

Provide clear technical guidance to a software engineering team that will implement fixes and enhancements in the tactical code base.

Tie Cal mode design, test results, and analysis artifacts directly to requirements verification, ensuring full traceability from requirements through implementation and test.

Support system integration & test (I&T), focusing on calibration behavior in integrated environments and helping close performance verification for sensor modes.

Cal Algorithm Development & Tactical SW Support Engineer This role focuses on the “other side of the V,” developing calibration algorithms and supporting software engineers through tactical code generation and implementation.

Develop, refine, and document calibration algorithms that compensate for hardware and system‑level errors in RF sensors.

Use modeling, simulation, and analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python) to design and evaluate Cal algorithms against system performance requirements.

Define algorithm interfaces, data flows, and constraints to enable robust embedded/tactical implementations.

Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to translate Cal algorithms into tactical code (primarily C/C++, with supporting MATLAB/Python scripts), providing ongoing technical direction and clarification.

Participate in code reviews and…