Radar Systems Engineer - Spectrum & MBSE

Astrion; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking an Engineer/Scientist to support the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 Radar program located on-site at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren in Dahlgren, VA. The role emphasizes systems engineering of radar and spectrum systems, MBSE, and rigorous requirements management across hardware and software.

The position requires DoD Secret clearance, ABET-accredited engineering degree, and 4–6 years of relevant experience. On-site work at Dahlgren is required; U.S. citizenship is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, CS, or Physics.
• Current DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one.
• Engineering degrees from ABET-accredited programs.
• 4–6 years of relevant engineering or scientific experience; advanced education may count toward experience.
• Experience applying systems engineering to radar, sensor, EW, or similar complex systems.
• Experience with requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, system specs, and interfaces.
• Experience applying MBSE methods and tools to architecture, requirements management, or design activities.
• Experience conducting engineering analyses involving radar, RF, spectrum, or EM systems.
• Experience preparing engineering reports, analyses, and presentations.
• Must work on-site at Dahlgren and be a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities for the SPY-6 radar program across the lifecycle.
• Develop, decompose, allocate, and manage radar system requirements for hardware and software.
• Maintain system specifications, baselines, capability documents, and interface control documents.
• Evaluate completeness, consistency, traceability, and compliance of radar requirements.
• Apply MBSE processes to architecture, requirements management, design analysis, and decisions.
• Perform analyses supporting radar architecture, interoperability, spectrum engineering, and system performance.
• Develop models and analytical tools to predict and verify radar-system performance.
• Support model verification, validation, and accreditation by evaluating fidelity against data.
• Participate in radar, combat-system, and platform integration activities.
• Assist with spectrum management, EMC, electronic protection, waveform development, clutter management, and signal processing performance.
• Support integration and test activities, analyze data with MATLAB and lab tools, document results.
• Prepare technical reports, assessments, and briefings for program managers and stakeholders.

Skills

MBSE methods

Requirements management

Radar systems

Spectrum engineering

RF analysis

Technical reporting

System architecture

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

MATLAB

Cameo Systems Modeler

MagicDraw

Rhapsody

Job description

Astrion is seeking an Engineer/Scientist to support the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 Radar program located on-site at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren in Dahlgren, VA. The role emphasizes systems engineering of radar and spectrum systems, MBSE, and rigorous requirements management across hardware and software.

The position requires DoD Secret clearance, ABET-accredited engineering degree, and 4–6 years of relevant experience. On-site work at Dahlgren is required; U.S. citizenship is mandatory.