Radar Engineer - 29058 *

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 870 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. seeks a mid-level radar/RF systems engineer to support co-development and design analysis of advanced ground-based radar systems at Wright Patterson AFB, within Warfare Systems of Mission Technologies.

You will collaborate with partner vendors and drive technical decision making in an active, agile environment. The role requires strong communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work across disciplines.

Qualifications

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years with Masters; 0 years with PhD; or 9 years with HS diploma.
• 3+ years of experience in Radar or RF systems.
• Clearance: Minimum Secret clearance to start.
• Must be able to obtain TS/SCI clearance with advanced checks.
• Ability to operate in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities

• Propose, research, develop, and document radar processing solutions from modeling and simulation.
• Interact with sponsors and customers to understand priorities and share results.
• Participate in design reviews, technical interchanges, and program status meetings.
• Provide design feedback and propose solutions during reviews and meetings.
• Participate in meetings at DoD and vendor locations.

Skills

Good communication

Self-starter

Team player

Security clearance

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related field

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Python

MATLAB

MATLAB Toolboxes

Job description

Requisition Number: 29058

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $90,872.00 - $117,104.00

Security Clearance: Secret

Level of Experience: Mid

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division

Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you.

To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072

Job Description

HII is recognized as one of America’s top large company employers and is driven by strong values and ethics that puts people’s safety and well-being first.

HII employees continuously rise to the challenge of setting the highest standard of professional and ethical conduct and perform in concert with our company slogan “Hard Stuff Done Right”.

Candidate will assist with co-development and design analysis activities of multiple advanced, first-of-a-kind, ground-based radar systems in collaboration with partner vendors. The candidate must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve objectives. This individual will be a team player and work well with technical professionals in an active, agile environment. The position requires knowledge and experience ranging from radar backend processing models to a complex, system-of-systems radar within a multi-discipline team.

This position is located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) and is within a commutable distance from Beavercreek, Fairborn, Dayton, and Riverside.

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Essential Job Responsibilities

• Propose, research, develop, and document realizable solutions from modeling and simulation of radar processing and self-protection techniques

• Interact with program sponsors and customers to understand program priorities, share analysis results, and introduce new concepts

• Participate in design reviews, technical interchanges, working groups, and program status meetings, either as a presenter or as a reviewer

• Provide critical design feedback and offer potential solutions to any design deficiencies during design reviews, technical interchanges, working groups, and program status meetings

• Participate in meetings and collaboration events at DoD and vendor locations

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.

• 3+ years of experience in Radar or RF systems

• Good written and oral communication skills.

• Self-starter – takes the initiative to research, learn, and deliver. Anticipates the play.

• Team player – humble, collaborative, focused on making sure the entire team succeeds, wiliness to share knowledge with junior engineers

• CLEARANCE: Minimum Secret clearance is required to start

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with advanced security checks

Preferred Requirements

• 3+ years of experience scripting and coding signal processing and radar domain problems with Python, MATLAB and MATLAB Toolboxes

• 3+ years of experience with analog, digital, and Radar/RF electronic components, antennas, phased arrays, digital radar

• 3+ years of experience with RF test equipment

Physical Requirements

Office or industrial environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances. Lifting and moving materials may be required.

Why HII

HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance?

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1‑844‑849‑8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.