Principal Tracking and Battle Manager Expert

Title:
Principal Tracking and Battle Manager Expert

Program Summary

KBR's Missile, Aviation, and Ground Systems (MAGS) division delivers mission engineering solutions for critical U.S. Army programs, specializing in aviation and ground systems, integrated air and missile defense, and threat and target systems. As a trusted partner of the U.S. Department of War, MAGS provides innovative, technology-driven solutions to enhance national security. With a global presence and a strong ethical framework, KBR ensures secure, effective, and mission-ready capabilities worldwide.

Job Summary

As a Tracking Expert, you will play a critical role performing research, developing M&S, algorithms, performance metrics, evaluating algorithms and system performance, developing analysis tools and scripts, and maintaining software repositories. You will support our project managers and work closely with subcontractors and government customers, focusing on Battle Manager and Fire Control modeling, analysis, simulation framework development, and related configuration management tasks. This position will involve analyzing existing tactical software to aid development of simulations. Expertise in one or more of the following areas is required: sensor fusion, track filters (including Kalman Filters), correlation, data association, and optimization. This position is ideal for someone who is highly organized, highly experienced in radar systems, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. This job is seeking someone with deep subject matter expertise in tracking as related to air and missile defense systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform technical engineering and problem solving for Integrated Air and Missile Defense System of System problems with a focus on tracking and battle management systems.
• Develop algorithms and explore concepts related to IAMD system of systems including tracking, sensor fusion, correlation, and battle management technologies.
• Develop models and simulations of IAMD systems with a focus on battle management and fire control systems.
• Develop metrics, analyze data, and assess performance of IAMD battle management systems.
• Perform analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life cycle development of systems.
• Support planning and execution of system performance analysis, independent performance assessments, post-test analysis and simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) activities.
• Assist in simulation framework development activities.
• Maintain and improve large scale simulations to support multiple missions and integrate existing models from mission partners into simulations.
• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support during execution of analysis for Hardware In-the Loop (HWIL), Digital Modeling and Simulation (M&S), and analysis tasks.
• Develop software including modeling and simulation efforts and/or automation of analysis tools.
• Participate in M&S Meetings.

Qualifications and Skills Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Math or equivalent accredited university.
• 10-20 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain a DoD secret clearance.
• Programming experience in Python, C/C++, or Matlab required.
• Experience with GIT, Gitlab, or DevOps (or similar) required.
• Experience with missile defense systems.
• Experience with sensor fusion, correlation, track filters, and data association algorithms required.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members, leadership, and customers.

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