RF Signal Engineer SME Security Clearance

Position: RF Signal Engineer SME with Security Clearance
Location: Aurora

Description SAIC is seeking an RF Signal Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join the Space and Intelligence Business Group. You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from Aurora, Colorado. We support the Nation's leading edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations.

Our team has SMEs across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis. This Signal Engineering SME will work in a collaborative team-focused environment of U.S. Government civilians and contractors solving applied technical problems and developing usable solutions for multiple space-related capabilities and threats. The ideal candidate will have:
* Domain expert-level knowledge and experience with space systems RF engineering, operations, space threats and protection
* Deep experience in space tracking radar phenomenology, RF payload operations, or signal extraction and processing
* Extensive experience with IC and/or DoD satellite systems in Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) or Special Access Program (SAP) environments Duties and responsibilities include:
* Conducting specialized technical studies related to radar systems, targets, and data products to provide assessments and actionable solutions for program managers or satellite owner/operators
* Leading and participating in complex physics-based modeling, simulation and analysis, and conducting technical trades
* Ability to conceptualize, synthesize, analyze, and assess the performance of specialized RF communications signals between satellites and ground stations using state-of-the-art signal processing analytic techniques
* Maintenance and use of specialized hardware and software designed for the detection of low power signals in high noise environments running under a LINUX operating system
* Modeling and assessment of RF transmission and reception parameters such as antenna patterns, signal-to-noise ratios, noise uncertainty, signal strength, bit error rates, among others, to perform link budget analyses and probability of detect calculations
* Participating in the collection and analysis of test and experimental signals in laboratory and real-world environments, serving as lead when requested
* Assess the risk of detecting specific low power signals in high noise environments from threat and non-threat systems
* Achieving detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, designs, operations and classifications to make design or Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) recommendations
* Developing and maintaining in-depth knowledge of U.S. Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities, as well as Foreign SDA capabilities and counter-space threats with an emphasis on RF systems
* Participating and representing the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attending contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments
* Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders
* Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs Qualifications
* Minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics and 18 or more years of direct experience with space radars, RF signal processing and/or satellite communication systems
* Active TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to a Counter Intelligence (CI) polygraph. US Citizenship is required
* Proven experience in analytic problem-solving relating to the exploitation of radar data of space-objects, including familiarity with radar data products, signal processing techniques, and scattering phenomenology
* Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to…