Radar Engineer

Exciting opportunity to join a multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defense, transportation, and security markets!

Job Description
We are currently looking for a Mid-level Test Engineer who is self-motivated, a critical thinker and with a strong technical background, to join the Thales Radar Test Engineering Team in Overland Park, Kansas. This team is responsible for development and test of a next generation state of the art secondary radar system for the FAA, as well as providing deployment site support.

Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility

• As an integral part of the Test Engineering team, the Mid-Level Test Engineer has individual responsibility for a subset of each phase of the test program as defined below:
• Responsible for working on all phases of the test program, including planning, test approach and test success criteria development, test procedure development, test dry-runs, test conduct and test report development
• Responsible for mapping requirements into Test Phases, Test Events, Test Methods, Test Procedures and Test Cases
• Responsible for formulating and defining effective test approaches and success criteria through research and fact-finding to solve complex testing problems
• Responsible for system integration, debug (both hardware and software) and root cause analysis throughout the design, test and deployment phases.
• Responsible for conducting formal on-site development tests in the presence of the FAA and other witnesses

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or appropriate engineering field and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant system engineering and/or test engineering experience in any elements of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance or Air Traffic Management.
• Understanding and/or experience of execution of a Formal Test process/program.
• Experience with creation, definition, analysis, integration and maintenance of system requirements.
• Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
• Experience developing verbal and written communications and presentations.

Special Position Requirements:

• This position will be required to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Domestic and international travel may be required (up to 10% annually)

We are a global staffing firm, based out of Columbus, Ohio that services large Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients across the US and Canada. We have the unique capacity to support programs across the country from a single location and we re dedicated to developing strong relationships with career seekers and long-term partnerships with our clients.