Staff Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

deciBel Research has an immediate opening for a Staff Systems Engineer in Huntsville, AL.

Position Description:

deciBel Research seeks a Staff Systems Engineer in support of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Ground-Based Mid-course Defense (GMD) program.

This Staff Systems Engineer position will perform most typical Agile Product Owner responsibilities for the GMD Weapon System (GWS) GMD Fire Control (GFC) Threat State Algorithms and Analysis team, ensuring that features and related sprint stories contain the appropriate closure criteria and meet those criteria prior to be closed. To fulfill this role, the candidate will lead and perform technical tasks to support the development and evaluation of algorithm candidates addressing new capabilities. This analysis will help ensure algorithmic design has been properly evaluated prior to implementation.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8+ years of related experience (6+ years with a Master's degree; 4+ years with a PhD).

Experience Requirements:

• Recent experience in one or more of the following areas: data analysis, performance analysis, or physics/mathematics -based algorithm development
• General understanding of any, or all, of the following algorithm domains: track processing, track reporting, discrimination, propagation, and 6d covariance propagation/ prediction
• High proficiency in technical problem solving and integrating solutions into a larger system
• Knowledge of MATLAB, Python or similar engineering tools used in prototyping algorithms
• Experience reading and understanding the Ada programming language
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical personnel
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Extensive background in Ballistic Missile Defense, midcourse missile defense, battle management, threat state processing, weapon target assignment
• Ability to acquire and maintain a TS level clearance

Special Skills Desired:

• Recent experience applying advanced mathematical concepts (Numerical Analysis, Linear Algebra, Probability/Statistics) to complex problems and solutions
• Recent and extensive experience developing analysis tools in MATLAB and PYTHON
• High comfort level with the Ada programming language
• Successful performance of root cause analysis of large complex software systems
• High Comfort level using the Atlassian toolset (Jira/Confluence)

Applicant selected must have an active Secret security clearance . Must be a U.S. Citizen.