Missile Tracking Systems Engineer

General Dynamics

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Scottsdale, AZHuntsville, ALSan Jose, CAGrand Forks, NDChantilly, VA
Salary: $149,902–$166,298 / yr
Posted: 87 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

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TL;DR · Missile Tracking Systems Engineer

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As a Missile Tracking Systems Engineer (Space Force), you will join a cross-functional team within the Space Development Agency Ground, Management and Integration program. You will be responsible for developing and deploying ground operational systems for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Your daily work involves systems engineering tasks such as decomposing requirements into architecture, managing internal and external interfaces, and designing system behaviors. You will perform analysis and fusion of missile tracking data provided by satellites to the ground for rapid dissemination. Key responsibilities include scheduling satellite and payload capabilities, identifying AI opportunities for innovation, and managing infrastructure. Required skills include algorithm development, sensor fusion techniques, cloud technologies, and image processing. You will solve complex problems to ensure the evolution, integration, and maintenance of critical ground entry points.

Skills

Systems Engineering Agile Sensor Fusion Algorithms Image Processing Infrastructure Management AI

What you'll do

Decompose requirements into architecture, internal and external interfaces, and system design behaviors.
Schedule and maintain situational awareness of satellite and payload capabilities to track missiles.
Analyze and fuse missile tracking data from satellites for rapid processing and dissemination.
Develop and tune algorithms to solve complex problems for specific mission parameters.
Identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous system improvement and innovation.
Manage the evolution, integration, testing, and maintenance of ground operational systems.
Support site operations including infrastructure management and enterprise test and checkout capabilities.

What we're looking for

Must have a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related Science, Engineering, Technology, or Mathematics field.
Must have 8+ years of job-related experience or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
Must possess a Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret with Polygraph eligibility.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Agile experience (preferred).
Recent experience designing and developing systems to solve complex problems using algorithms (preferred).
Recent algorithm development and tuning for specific mission parameters (preferred).
Recent experience with missile tracking systems design, architecture, sensor fusion, satellite services, cloud technologies, or image processing (preferred).

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