Radar Modernization Hardware Integration Engineer

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. *Resumes, Cover Letters, and Applications which are generated by AI will not be considered for employment. Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. ## B nefits 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.