Reagan Test Site (RTS) Chief Scientist and ROC-H Lead

Group 33 is seeking a candidate for the role of RTS Chief Scientist and RTS Operations Center - Huntsville (ROC-H) team lead, embedded with the government team in Huntsville, AL. The Reagan Test Site (RTS) is the nation's premier test range, overseen by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), led from Huntsville, AL. The government responsibilities for RTS include both oversight of the test range located on the Kwajalein Atoll and oversight of the distributed command and control facility located in Huntsville. RTS activities support both missile defense and space surveillance missions. Activities include support for operations and testing as well as development and maintenance of a spectrum of test assets including radars, optics, telemetry, and additional specialized instrumentation. Lincoln Laboratory has been the scientic advisor to RTS for over 60 years, providing key technical leadership and expertise to guide the strategy, technology development, and operations for RTS.

The RTS Chief Scientist will act as the RTS Scientic Advisor and the Lincoln focal point for engagement to senior leaders within SMDC. The Scientic Advisor provides unbiased and independent technical advice and counsel to SMDC senior leadership. The RTS Chief Scientist is embedded within the government program oce, acting as a trusted advisor to help guide, facilitate, and coordinate Lincoln program eorts. General responsibilities include:

• Dening future system requirements and concepts for Reagan Test Site
• Providing subject matter expertise to technology readiness assessments, including independent assessment of critical technologies
• Participating in analysis teams, high priority trade studies, and analysis for advanced concepts
• Participating in proposal development, design reviews, and working groups within RTS and SMDC
• Providing technical advice for determining and establishing priorities for RTS tasks, mission objectives, and sensor capability evolution
• Facilitating Lincoln communication with the government team, and ensure that Lincoln leadership is well- coordinated with the needs of the program oce

Specic activities include leading the embedded Lincoln team at RTS Operations Center - Huntsville (ROC-H) and engaging the broader Lincoln support for RTS from Lexington and Kwajalein; this includes activities in both Divisions 3, 9, and other divisions that interact with RTS.

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related technical field; in lieu of a PhD, an MS with 7+ years of relevant technical experience
• Prior experience in at least one of the following areas:
  
  
  
  • Sensor system design (optical, acoustic, or RF), construction, or testing
  • Sensor system data analysis
  • Space and missile defense operations or testing
  
  
  
  
• Familiarity with one or more test ranges and real-world testing procedures
• Familiarity with RTS, KREMS sensors, missile testing, and space surveillance
• Candidate should be comfortable proposing and exploring innovative techniques and technologies, and should be able to understand how these technologies can provide advanced capabilities to test ranges.
• Strong ability to collaborate effectively with a distributed MIT Lincoln Lab team across Huntsville, Lexington, and Kwajalein
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues, government sponsors, stakeholders, senior leadership, and other external organizations
• The Sta member will be most successful with prior experience in sensor system design, analysis, and operations.
• Relocation to Huntsville, AL is expected.