Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Engineer

Company Overview:

KODA is a people-first company recognized as a five-time winner of Huntsville's Best Places to Work® Award, certified as a Great Place to Work®, and a Best Place for Working Parents®. KODA is a small business focused on solving complex engineering problems on national-priority projects in domains such as missile defense, hypersonics, DOD space, and civil space.

Our expertise spans Radar and Missile Development, Multi-Domain Operations, Flight and Ground Test Planning and Execution, Tactical Data Link Testing, Test Range Instrumentation, Systems Engineering and Integration, Model and Simulation Development, and Digital Engineering/Model-Based Systems Engineering.

The name KODA, a Native American word meaning 'allies', embodies our dedication to our customers and each other. Trust and integrity guide us in all we do. We prioritize our people, support national-priority missions, and give back to our community through the KODA Cares program. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a commitment to professional growth. Join us and learn more at

Position Overview:

KODA Technologies is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team! In this role, you will get to provide technical support to an estimated 30-person MDA Advanced Architecture Warfighter/International Integration office (MDA/CAI) in its mission, as the agency's single point of contact for technical analyses for the warfighter and designated international allies/partners.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide daily Missile Defense System (MDS) subject matter expertise to MDA/CAI leadership to help with planning, execution, and reporting for regionally focused analytical wargames and joint warfighter/international architectural analyses programs. Projected 2025 future workload for this position: CENTCOM AOR 40%, INDOPACOM AOR 20%, SPACECOM 10% and Missile Defeat Wargames 30%. Effort fluctuates based on MDA/CAI needs.
• Develop and present analytical missile defense products at missile defense technical exchanges, special studies, and wargames/exercises with warfighters, external offices, and international partners.
• Provide missile defense planning, analyses, and systems engineering for international acquisition and international cooperative programs.
• The work is performed as part of an on-site contractor team at MDA facilities.
• Work effectively across a ~30 - person government and contractor MDA/CAI team at separate MDA locations and with the Combatant Command representatives overseas.
• Travel, including international travel, will be required.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Master's degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience in engineering for missile defense related programs.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Adaptive to conditions on the ground that will change through the course of planning and executing MDA/CAI efforts.
• Able to rapidly develop clear and concise written products, and present MDS technical matters to MDA leaders and MDA warfighter/international working group meetings in support of MDA/CAI.
• 3+ years of experience in delivering timely, relevant communication and products to teammates (e.g., CAI, warfighters, developers, or international partners) in order to resolve complex, technical issues impacting the Missile Defense capabilities.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Understanding of the MDS enterprise across the Department of Defense, including capabilities provided by the Services and employed at each Combatant Command to support the larger operational campaign.
• A general understanding of Department of Defense, Warfighter, Service, and MDA processes for requirements generation, modeling and simulation, capability development, testing, fielding, employment, and lifecycle sustainment of missile defeat weapon systems.
• Able to effectively plan and execute daily work with minimal supervision to provide MDA/CAI with exceptional products and timely advice to meet their requirements.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

• Secret

KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact info@kodatech.com to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

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