Advanced Radar Engineer

Banner Defense, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Defense, Inc. in Huntsville, AL is seeking an Advanced Radar Engineer with an active DoD Secret clearance to support MDA TB/MLB radar efforts. You will ensure requirements, coordinate MR artifacts, and provide systems engineering and test support for TPY-2 and THAAD radar programs.

The role requires 12+ years in DoD air and missile defense, strong communication skills, and travel as needed. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field and 12+ years of DoD air and missile defense experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.
• Expertise with THAAD, AN/TPY-2 FBM radar, and other Army/Navy radar systems.
• Working knowledge of air and missile defense radar systems and SE processes.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate MR products and deliver artifacts for AN/TPY-2 Forward Based Mode radar.
• Support MR process to ensure radar is safe, suitable, and supportable.
• Assist THAAD Weapon MR Coordinator with radar components and fielding.
• Provide surveillance, status reporting, and coordination across IPTs.
• Develop weekly updates and briefings to product office leadership.

Skills

Systems engineering

Air and missile defense

Strong communication

Problem solving

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

AN/TPY-2 radar

THAAD radar systems

Job description

Advanced Radar Engineer

Huntsville, AL | Active Secret Clearance

Your expertise. Our nation's defense.

At Banner Defense, you're more than a name on a contract. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve and we build our team around people who take pride in protecting those who protect us. Here, your work directly supports the warfighter, your voice is heard, and your growth matters.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Banner Defense is in search of an Advanced Radar Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Theater-Based Defense (TB), Mobile Land-Based (MLB) Sensors Program Office. In this role, you will ensure all requirements are met in accordance with agency protocols, contracts, and government regulations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Serve as the Mobile Land-Based Sensors Program Office coordinator for AN/TPY-2 Forward Based Mode (FBM) Surveillance Radar Army Materiel Release (MR) and fielding
• Support the MR process to ensure the AN/TPY-2 radar is safe, suitable, and supportable for the warfighter
• Support the Targets Systems Engineering team in all aspects of target design, analysis, and test, including requirements development and assessment, modeling and simulation, test analysis, and reporting
• Coordinate and secure approval of MR products; develop, coordinate, and prepare MR products, including program inputs; assist with developing MR artifacts; and handle MR data products for the sensor engineering technical and management team
• Support the THAAD Weapon MR Coordinator with AN/TPY-2 Terminal Mode Radar component support as it relates to MR and fielding
• Assist TBS with carrying out Lead Systems Engineering responsibilities for the TPY-2 Product Management Office
• Coordinate with the warfighter community (U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command) on radar requirements
• Coordinate meetings, prepare minutes/notes, and track action items to closure
• Support the THAAD International Engineering Services Program (IESP) with AN/TPY-2 Terminal Mode Radar component support, including periodic radar updates to the local UAE and KSA Foreign Liaison Officer (FLO) offices on IESP-related radar software maintenance
• Occasionally, as requested, serve as Integrated Product Team (IPT) leader for one of the Product Office's IPTs, assigning, coordinating, tracking, and reporting action item status and taskings across the IPT
• Provide surveillance, oversight, coordination, and status reporting for various development activities, including software and hardware requirements reviews, verifying changes for hardware and software impacts, and tracing reviews to/from software and firmware requirements specifications
• Develop and brief weekly updates at product office staff meetings with product office leadership and the industry prime contractor
• Coordinate and collaborate with MDA and MDA-external organizations to facilitate select aspects of radar test and evaluation activities
• Provide systems engineering and software development support, including assessments and analyses of requirements, strategies, designs, specifications, plans, alternatives, metrics, processes, and development issues
• On occasion, provide radar on-site support for software upgrades associated with radar software testing, flight and ground tests, and early integration events
• Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing other duties as needed.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field and 12+ years of proven experience in DoD air and missile defense, or a related role within a government or contractor environment
• Active DoD Secret security clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship
• Expertise in THAAD Weapon, AN/TPY-2 FBM radar, Patriot or Sentinel Army radars, or Navy Aegis radar
• Proficiency in U.S. Army Materiel Release
• Working knowledge of air and missile defense radar systems
• Technical working knowledge of systems engineering processes
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to use problem-solving skills to address issues
• Some travel is required.

PREFERENCE IF YOU HAVE

• Master's degree in a STEM field.

SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) EMPLOYER

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.