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Your technical judgment will help shape system design, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver capabilities that support the warfighter.\nJob Description\nWhat You’ll Do\nSupport the development of advanced radar and mission systems for Navy applications.\n\nTranslate customer and mission needs into system requirements, designs, and technical solutions; develop, derive, validate, and analyze requirements throughout the system lifecycle.\n\nCollaborate across engineering disciplines from concept and requirements through system design, integration, verification, and test.\n\nEvaluate technical approaches and system-level trade-offs with the Project Engineer, balancing performance, risk, cost, schedule, and technical feasibility.\n\nAnalyze system performance and engineering data to evaluate system behavior and inform technical decisions.\n\nSupport integration, verification, and test of complex hardware and software systems, including test planning and procedure development.\n\nWork with advanced digital signal processing hardware and software algorithms to support radar system performance.\n\nContribute to the evaluation and development of technologies and architectures supporting future Navy capabilities.\n\nSupport proposals, IR&D, and other strategic technology development activities.\n\nWhat You Bring\nExperience in one or more systems engineering disciplines, such as CONOPS development, requirements development/derivation/validation, system design, performance analysis, integration and test, or test plan/procedure development.\n\nBasic scripting experience with Python or MATLAB.\n\nHands-on experience working in Linux/UNIX environments and using scripts or other technical tools.\n\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.\n\nQualifications:\n12+ years of relevant systems engineering experience\n\nBS Degree in Systems, Electrical, Computer Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or equivalent years of experience\n\nEligible to obtain a Secret level US Government Security Clearance. 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