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RF Systems Analyst

Join Our Team and Launch Your Career. BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems, Inc. is seeking a talented and motivated RF Systems Analyst to support our team of experts in developing cutting-edge RF payload solutions. As a key member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with experienced engineers, and develop your skills in RF signal chain analysis.

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers' missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

What You'll Do :

• Evaluate RF sensing payload technology, develop or leverage company or subcontractor technologies and sensors as an offering for the identified opportunities
• Provide leadership, knowledge, strategy, and technology forecasts commensurate with company financial and strategic plans relative to RF sensing payload technology
• Support activities surrounding pursuit and execution of pathfinder, payload technology and mission-level opportunities within the RF sensing mission area
• Lead architecture development for emerging RF sensing payloads
• Support airborne and satellite payload programs from new business to delivery including proposal support, concept development with trades, payload system design, payload integration and test, and post-delivery technical support.
• Learn and perform systems engineering tasks throughout a program or Research and Development (R&D) project lifecycle.
• Contribute to the decomposition and allocation of electro-optical (EO) or RF payload requirements to lower-level specifications. Refine requirements as necessary.
• Develop and monitor the margin management philosophy throughout the program lifecycle.
• Synthesize and analyze payload system performance, including spatial, spectral, and radiometric performance, for compliance and verification of requirements.
• Contribute to analyses for the development of error trees and Technical Performance Measures (TPM).
• Explore system interfaces and development of payload Interface Control Documents (ICD).
• Collaborate with subject matter experts from other disciplines including calibration, optical, thermal, and focal plane subsystems.
• Work alongside AI&T engineers to support the test configurations, verification approaches, and analysis plans necessary for payload verification.
• Lead the development, test and evaluation of hardware, software, support equipment and systems as required.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to peers, management, and / or customers, as required.
• Support program gates such as the System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), and payload sell-off.
• Learn about payload technical proposal development including estimates of systems team labor and schedule.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment : This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

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Pay Information :

Full-Time Salary Range : $115779 - $196825 Please note : This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to : business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employee Benefits : At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered : health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and / or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems :

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a teammaking a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for the U.S. Intelligence, Department of Defense and scientific communities. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.