Senior Systems Engineer (Radar System Design) #2 - Sierra Nevada Corporation (Reno, NV) in Reno, Nevada For Sale

Company Description
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is a world-class prime systems integrator and electronic systems provider known for its rapid, innovative, and agile technology solutions. Fast-growing and widely diversified, SNC is a high-tech electronics, engineering, and manufacturing corporation that continues to expand our impressive portfolio of capabilities, programs, products and services.
SNC is a privately held company under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer, Fatih Ozmen and President, Eren Ozmen. Over the last 30 years under the Ozmens leadership, SNC has remained focused on providing its customers the very best in diversified technologies to meet their needs and has a strong and proven track record of success. Headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, SNC is the Top Woman-Owned Federal Contractor in the United States.
Since SNC was founded in xxxx, the company has a strong tradition in developing and providing high technology electronics, avionics, and communications systems. Investing heavily over the years in people, processes, modern facilities, and the state-of-the-art equipment, SNC continues to enhance its technical advantage to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to exceed its customers needs. With numerous successful and diverse acquisitions, SNC continues to acquire new capabilities as it expands its tradition of excellence into new growth areas of Renewable Energy, Telemedicine, Nanotechnology, Cyber, Net-Centric Operations, Microsatellites and Human Space Flight.
SNC now has an extremely talented workforce of over 3,000 personnel most of whom are scientists, engineers, or technical personnel with college or advanced degrees, and all of whom are dedicated to satisfying customers' requirements. The companys six Business Areas operate from 30 locations in 16 states along with numerous customer support sites located throughout the world.
Job Description
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Communication, Navigation, Surveillance / Air Traffic Management business is continuing to grow in support of its customers and seeks qualified and highly motivated individuals to join our team in Sparks, NV.
Sparks is immediately adjacent to Reno and only 20 minutes drive from scenic Lake Tahoe in the heart of the Sierra. In addition to the night life, this area offers world class skiing, mountain biking, backpacking, hiking, kayaking – all of the outdoor adventures imaginable.
We provide capability to both military and civil aviation users supplying them with state of the art radar based technology solutions for 3 Dimensional Imaging, Sense and Avoid, , automatic landing, navigation and communications systems.
We design, build, integrate, and operate these highly capable platforms around the world.
If you are ready to work alongside some of the industry’s top engineers and scientists to shape the future of this field, then now is the time to make SNC part of your future. Look over the available positions below and apply as indicated. We look forward to hearing from you.
Senior Systems Engineer, Radar System Design, Sparks, NV Office
Over the next 6-12 months, candidate will join active programs focused on developing and building radar solutions for multiple platforms and applications.
Tasks will require detailed knowledge and application of Radar system architectures, RF hardware solutions, Radar signal processing, stochastic processes and probability, RF link budget calculations, and MMW beamsteering antennas to develop MMW imaging radar solutions meeting program schedules and budgets.
Successful execution of these tasks will require development of Radar solutions using Matlab and other modeling programs as well as performing trade studies on system architectures. Candidate will assume the lead in the composition and presentation of formal design reviews, successfully meeting all entry and exit criteria for major presentations with customers.
Candidate will be intimately familiar with development cycles and leverage SNC processes, progressively advancing solutions through the design cycle from conceptualization and Preliminary design through Unit test and fielding with the customer.
Specific tasks to be completed will include system architecture development, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation and development of system and subsystem requirements and detailed test procedures.
During the initial 3-6 months, candidate will become familiar with SNC’s existing development cycle. Following the initial familiarization period, candidate will design and implement improvements to positively impact performance and increase productivity.
The Senior Systems Engineer will generate detailed, measurable artifacts to evidence progress in support of key program milestones while directing the technical team during the course of the development.
This will include an understanding of cost and schedule reporting and measurement leveraging the Earned Value system.
As part of the leadership team, candidate will provide lead technical support for marketing and proposal efforts as well as support development of long range technical strategies.
Candidate will act as a key technical liaison with senior management and customer stakeholders.
Candidate must be a U.S. citizen and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Candidate shall have 5+ years of relevant experience in radar system engineering and integration and a proven record of transitioning systems from design to production.
Proven experience in developing radar systems for government or industry is required. The ideal candidate will have a B.S. Degree, or higher, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
In return for the above, you can expect challenging work alongside some of today’s brightest engineers and scientists, competitive salary, industry leading benefits and excellent growth opportunities.
Please answer the following questions carefully:
• Do you have experience designing/ development and building Radar Systems? Which elements?
• Describe the scope/complexity of the Radar Systems you've been involved with. What was your direct involvement?
• Do you have experience developing requirements, plans, and verification testing (cradle to grave development)?
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