Senior Systems Engineer - Threat Discrimination & Radar

AeroVironment, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for Threat Discrimination to deliver systems analysis for advancement of missile defense capabilities.

You will contribute to discrimination and electronic protection improvements, working with a multi-disciplinary team on performance assessments and risk mitigation. The role requires securing clearance and applying systems engineering practices to develop and validate requirements, concepts of operations, and schedules that

Qualifications

• Master's degree in STEM with 12+ years of related professional experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance; ability to qualify for Top Secret/SCI.
• Expertise in radar signal processing, scheduling, object classification, and electronic protection.
• Experience in systems engineering analysis, requirements, concepts of operations, and integrated schedules.
• Experience in technical performance assessments and risk analysis and mitigation.
• Experience in electronic attack/protection modeling and technology maturation planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical analysis, management, and general scientific support to MDA's Counter Countermeasures and Discrimination Directorate.
• Develop options for improving the Missile Defense System's discrimination and electronic protection capabilities.
• Work within a multi-discipline, multi-source/industry team to advance program objectives.
• Develop and review engineering requirements, concepts of operations, and integrated schedules.

Skills

Radar signal processing

System engineering analysis

Electronic protection modeling

Scheduling & ops concepts

Risk analysis & mitigation

Technical performance assessments

Clearance readiness

Education

Master's Degree in STEM

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for Threat Discrimination to deliver systems analysis for advancement of missile defense capabilities.

You will contribute to discrimination and electronic protection improvements, working with a multi-disciplinary team on performance assessments and risk mitigation. The role requires securing clearance and applying systems engineering practices to develop and validate requirements, concepts of operations, and schedules that