Senior GEOINT Ground Radar Systems Engineer

Saic; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a GEOINTGroundRADARSystemsEngineer to provide SETA services for a critical role within the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate. You will support architectural decisions, oversight of prime contractors, and the delivery of mission processing services across the acquisition life cycle.

Responsibilities include coordinating with government and industry partners, developing requirements, assessing risks, and helping advance radar/RF capabilities and resiliency for national security

Qualifications

• Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Poly.
• Experience in Radar/RF phenomenology and processing methodologies.
• Experience in Radar/RF systems including tasking, C2, collection, mission processing or dissemination.
• Familiarity with IC/DoD/space architectures and ground software.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills across multiple audiences.

Responsibilities

• Retain cognizance of GEOINT mission processing projects, including baseline, schedules, dependencies, risks and cost.
• Advise senior/mid-level managers on architectural decisions, investment strategies and risk assessment.
• Interface with development Prime Contractors as oversight, ensuring alignment with government requirements.
• Collaborate with System Engineers, Acquisition Engineers and Domain Experts to guide customers in acquiring modern processing applications.
• Conduct strategic planning for mission architecture needs and programmatic considerations.
• Develop enterprise, system, functional, performance and interface requirements.
• Provide performance assessments and cost/schedule/risk impact estimates for ground architectures.
• Provide technical and cost assessment of vendor proposals and review artifacts and plans.
• Advance resiliency activities/initiatives in RF technology with IC customers.

Skills

Radar/RF phenomenology

Radar/RF systems

Requirements development

System architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree + 9+ years experience

Master's degree + 7+ years experience

PhD/JD + 4+ years experience

Tools

MS Office

Job description

SAIC seeks a GEOINTGroundRADARSystemsEngineer to provide SETA services for a critical role within the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate. You will support architectural decisions, oversight of prime contractors, and the delivery of mission processing services across the acquisition life cycle.

Responsibilities include coordinating with government and industry partners, developing requirements, assessing risks, and helping advance radar/RF capabilities and resiliency for national security