Senior Systems Engineer – Threat Discrimination

Apex Tk; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex TK in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Threat Discrimination to join the Missile Defense effort, providing systems analysis to identify lethal objects and support capability development.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, manage requirements and schedules, and develop options to improve discrimination and electronic protection capabilities. Active Secret clearance is required, with potential to upgrade to TS/SCI.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a STEM field with at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Active Secret clearance; ability to qualify for TS/SCI.
• Expertise in radar signal processing and electronic protection.
• Experience in systems engineering analysis, requirements, concepts of operations, and integrated schedules.
• Experience in technical performance assessments, risk analysis, and mitigation development.
• Experience in electronic attack/protection modeling to support analysis and requirements development.
• Experience in developing technology maturation plans to transfer technologies to program offices.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems technical analysis to develop Missile Defense System capabilities for threat discrimination.
• Work within a multi-discipline, multi-source team and provide technical support to the Counter-Countermeasures and Discrimination Directorate.
• Develop and formulate options for improving discrimination and electronic protection capabilities.

Skills

Radar signal processing

Scheduling

Object classification

Electronic protection

Systems engineering analysis

Process management

Performance assessments

Risk analysis

Electronic attack modeling

Technology maturation plans

Active TS/SCI clearance

MDA systems engineering processes

Program management certification

Missile Defense fundamentals

Electro-optic fundamentals

Radar hardware and design

Education

Master's Degree in STEM

Job description

Apex TK in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Threat Discrimination to join the Missile Defense effort, providing systems analysis to identify lethal objects and support capability development.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, manage requirements and schedules, and develop options to improve discrimination and electronic protection capabilities. Active Secret clearance is required, with potential to upgrade to TS/SCI.