Description
Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. As a Senior Fire Control Systems & Signal Processing Engineer, you will support the development of next-generation hypersonic interceptors, missile defense systems, and air defense effectors.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop advanced signal processing algorithms for fire control, guidance, and communications in high-noise, contested environments
- Design and analyze missile command uplink and telemetry downlink subsystems, including interfaces to ground-based fire control radars and engagement control stations
- Support Integrated Fire Control (IFC) system design and interface definition with ground, naval, and joint systems
- Integrate end-to-end mission data flows, including mission data loads, telemetry, health/status reporting, and command and control interfaces
- Perform link budget analyses for dynamic flight conditions
- Conduct electromagnetic modeling and simulation of antenna performance and RF propagation
- Integrate models and algorithms within mission-level simulations and digital engineering environments
- Collaborate across disciplines to translate requirements into executable designs
- Support concept development, trade studies, technical proposals, and customer briefings
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or related field with 8+ years' experience (or master's with 6+)
- Experience in signal processing, RF systems, communications, or fire control systems engineering
- Proficiency in one or more of: MATLAB, Python, C/C++
- Experience developing algorithms for tracking, communications, or sensor data processing
- Understanding of RF fundamentals, including propagation, antennas, and link analysis
- Experience in a DoD, defense contractor, or national security environment
- Active Secret clearance required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's or Ph.D. with emphasis in electromagnetics, communications, or DSP
- 8+ years supporting missile defense, hypersonic weapons, or reentry systems
- Familiarity with tactical datalinks for sensor-to-shooter timelines against hypersonic threats
- Direct experience with IFC systems, data links, and next-generation air and missile defense sensors
- Experience designing missile uplink/downlink subsystems for ground-radar-cued engagements
- Expertise in EM simulation tools
- Experience developing algorithms such as Kalman filters, adaptive beamforming, or spectral estimation
- Link budget analyses for hypersonic systems, including plasma-induced attenuation
- Hands-on SDR, FPGA (VHDL/Verilog), or embedded RF experience
- Familiarity with MOSA and open architecture standards
- Experience with digital engineering or MBSE environments
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance
Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00