Senior Radar Systems Engineer - Secret Clearance

Socket.dev; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) match

Flexible schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Fort Wayne, IN, to support design, development, testing, and sustainment of advanced radar technologies. You will work within the SE&TC organization on requirements, architecture, and algorithm development for military radar systems, onsite at Fort Wayne.

The role requires 5+ years in RF/system design with hardware, software, and firmware experience, and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline (preferably Systems, Electrical, Software or Physics) and a minimum of 5 years of prior, relevant experience with RF system design, digital and/or analog signal processing, radar waveform or signal modulation analysis, and/or algorithm evaluation and testing
• Experience with the development, implementation, integration, and test of radar systems including hardware, software, and firmware elements.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a systems engineering team to define radar system requirements, design supporting architecture and algorithms, and collaborate with software development teams to ensure proper implementation
• Analyze radar system performance against requirements to identify performance gaps and recommend improvements
• Prototype new or modified algorithms to enhance system capability and effectiveness
• Present plans, designs, performance results, and technical recommendations to peers, leadership, and external customers
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert to agile software teams, ensuring accurate and effective implementation of system requirements
• Contribute to one or more capability areas, including: Electronic protection, signal processing, applied mathematics, Hypersonic threat defense, Tracking, discrimination, search, and battle manager interfaces, Radar calibration, diagnostics, deployed site support and Modeling and simulation of tactical software
• Support bid and proposal activities by contributing labor or material cost estimates when needed.
• Communicate system designs, analysis results, and test outcomes to internal and external stakeholders
• Support occasional business travel (up to 20%)

Skills

Systems engineering

RF system design

Signal processing

Algorithm evaluation/testing

Education

STEM degree (Systems, Electrical, Software or Physics)

Tools

MATLAB

C/C++

Java

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

RTX is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Fort Wayne, IN, to support design, development, testing, and sustainment of advanced radar technologies. You will work within the SE&TC organization on requirements, architecture, and algorithm development for military radar systems, onsite at Fort Wayne.

The role requires 5+ years in RF/system design with hardware, software, and firmware experience, and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.