Responsibilities
- Front‑End Hardware Integration
- Integrate modern radar front‑end subsystems (digitizers, transceivers, control electronics, digital transceiver components) with digitized radar back‑end signal‑processing chains.
- Ensure element‑level digitization produces validated, high‑fidelity I/Q data streams suitable for backend processing.
- Collaborate with RF engineers to verify operating characteristics and compatibility with each radar’s unique antenna systems.
- Interface Definition & System Alignment
- Develop and maintain interface specifications between front‑end hardware and the modernized digital backend.
- Ensure alignment with MOSA principles and common GBRD architectural standards.
- Work closely with systems engineers to ensure hardware‑to‑software interactions meet timing, throughput, and synchronization constraints.
- Integration Testing & Troubleshooting
- Support integration in lab environments, performing functional tests, data‑validation checks, and end‑to‑end link testing.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to hardware configuration, signal integrity, timing alignment, data‑path reliability, and high‑bandwidth throughput.
- Work with backend RSP/RMP teams to ensure hardware‑driven measurements and transmission instructions flow correctly.
- Requirements, Configuration Control & Documentation
- Contribute to requirements decomposition for hardware integration, defining performance, interface, and environmental needs.
- Maintain configuration control of hardware integration artifacts, diagrams, ICDs, test plans, and verification results.
- Support technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) with clear hardware‑integration inputs.
- Cross‑Team Collaboration
- Coordinate with RF engineers, systems engineers, software‑processing teams, mission‑processing teams, and cybersecurity personnel to ensure cohesive system behavior.
- Ensure front‑end hardware integration supports mission‑focused outcomes in alignment with the GBRD common digital baseline.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience integrating hardware for radar, RF systems, high‑bandwidth sensor systems, or real‑time mission systems.
- Experience with digitizers, transceivers, RF electronics, timing/synchronization hardware, or data‑acquisition equipment.
- Understanding of signal‑integrity concepts, analog‑to‑digital conversion, and high‑bandwidth data flows.
- Familiarity with lab integration environments (SIL/DSIL) and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.
- Ability to read and produce interface control documents, wiring diagrams, and system‑integration artifacts.
- Experience collaborating across hardware, software, RF, and systems‑engineering teams.
- Strong communication skills and ability to convey integration status clearly.
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:
- Experience with radar systems.
- Experience integrating radar front‑end components with digitized backend architectures.
- Familiarity with FORGE, MOSA, or government‑owned mission‑processing frameworks.
- Experience with RF test equipment (spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators), digitizer calibration, or high‑speed data capture systems.
- Experience supporting integration events, mission‑scenario validation, or gated prototyping programs.
- Active DoD security clearance.
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Benefits
SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:
- 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
- 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
- 80% company paid Dental insurance
- 100% company paid Vision insurance
- 100% company paid Life insurance
- 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
- Short-term Disability insurance
- Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
- Discretionary Performance Bonus
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
- Flexible Work Hours
The pay range for this position is $190,000- $235,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.