Radar Systems Engineer

SAIC is seeking a Radar Systems Engineer to provide onsite systems engineering and technical advisory (SETA) services in support of an SAIC Prime Program at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in Chantilly, VA.

Note: Current and Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to obtain a Polygraph is required.

As a Radar Systems Engineer you will serve as a technical advisor supporting end-to-end system development for radar-enabled space systems, mission processing chains, and GEOINT exploitation capabilities. This role is ideal for a candidate who understands how radar payloads and ground mission systems are built, and can translate that insight into objective, acquisition-focused technical guidance for government leadership.

Key Responsibilities to include:

• Support analysis of radar payload designs, RF architectures, waveform strategies, and sensor performance models for spaceborne GEOINT missions.
• Provide unbiased SETA insight into contractor development activities, design reviews, risk posture, and technical trades.
• Develop, refine, and trace system-level and payload-level requirements across space, ground, and mission-processing segments.
• Plan and assess verification strategies, test events, and performance validation for radar payloads, ground systems, and mission-processing algorithms.
• Evaluate end-to-end GEOINT mission architectures, including tasking, collection, downlink, processing, exploitation, and dissemination.
• Apply real-world development experience to assess feasibility, schedule realism, integration complexity, and technical maturity.
• Prepare and deliver technical briefings to government leads, mission partners, and senior decision-makers.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to obtain a Polygraph.
• Knowledge or experience with radar systems, RF sensing, SAR, GMTI, or radar phenomenology (hands-on or conceptual).
• Prior work with a prime contractor or radar payload developer, ideally supporting space or airborne sensing programs.
• Familiarity with mission needs, acquisition processes, and space/ground integration.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, STK, or similar modeling/simulation tools.
• Working knowledge of MBSE/SysML, or similar digital-engineering tools/concepts.
• Understanding of mission processing, exploitation algorithms, or radar image formation.