Electronic Warfare Engineer

Essential Job Functions

• Conducts EW research, MD development and MD testing.
• Supports EW system programming/reprogramming, works with EW system engineers to coordinate programming/reprogramming requirements.
• Prepares validation and verification test plans, participates in ground and flight-testing.
• Organizes and participates in MD configuration control boards.
• Collects, records, and post-test analyzes data generated during MD testing.
• Conducts intelligence data mining and analysis.
• Analyzes EW threat waveform and reprograms parametric data into mission data file (MDF) via Specialized Electronic Combat Tools and Reprogramming Environment (SPECTRE) module.
• Conducts validation & verification of MDF via characterization, correlation, compatibility testing using software-in-the-loop (SITL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL).

Required Skills

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance within 6-9 months of hire.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize and analyze problems, conduct research, summarize results, and make appropriate recommendations.
• Working knowledge of computer systems and an understanding of Windows-based personal computers and Microsoft Office software.
• Required to travel.

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of EW weapons systems development, test and evaluation, and systems engineering.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense (DOD) test and evaluation methodologies.
• Knowledge of various blue/grey and red threat systems and associated platforms.
• Previous experience entering and updating, maintaining, and extracting data from source databases.
• Experience with Intel sources such as Common Emitter Database (CED) and Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database (EWIRDB).
• Previous experience load checking to ensure data is properly formatted and usable by database users.
• Previous experience with data analysis software to include development and documentation of data reduction and processing software; development of computer generated data products to include tabular and graphical information; development and implementation of data storage/retrieval capabilities, and other tasks related to data analysis software.
• Skills and attributes associated with this position(s) include: EW and the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, computer software, threat warning, radio frequency (RF) jammers, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) jammers, expendables, threat analysis, foreign/US/radar/weapon systems, airborne EW computer software, avionics, systems integration, electronics engineering concepts, principles and practices applicable to a broad range of engineering assignments.