Principal Communications Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Work with government and industry to ensure successful development, testing, and fielding of innovative C2 and Communications solutions with a focus on transport technologies – (e.g., SATCOM, cellular, tactical waveforms, software defined networking, and networking)
• Rapidly identify, analyze, and recommend potential solutions
• Interface with Army units to understand operational needs
• Strong customer interaction and communication skills including: identifying emerging customer needs, identifying areas for acceleration or efficiency gains, proactively identifying and managing risks, and regularly communicating status to government leads
• Accountable for rapid and timely delivery of high-quality technical products to customers
• Build and lead 5-10 person engineering teams
• Report status, opportunities, and challenges to internal management
• Manage task budget while meeting customer outcomes
• Role spans engaging with end users, rapid assessments of industry and existing government solutions, prototype development to demonstrate concepts, system-of-system integration, lab and field experimentation

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field including: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math
• Wireless communications expertise
• Deep expertise with one or more transport technologies – e.g., SATCOM (commercial and/or military), cellular (5G), mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), tactical waveforms, routers, software defined networking
• Expertise in one or more transport layers (physical layer through networking layer) and relevant areas such as spectrum allocation or C2 data formats
• Ability to clearly communicate to both internal and external audiences
• Demonstrated track record of innovation, technical leadership, and strong technical stature

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with system-of-system design and integration – ability to understand technology options, analyze and recommend best options and approaches based on custom operational needs and constraints (e.g., size, weight, power, cost)
• Experience with spectrum, RF signature management, and related technologies (e.g., MIMO, spread spectrum)
• Experience leading large-scale modeling, simulation/emulation, lab, and field evaluations and distilling the results into clear insights and next steps
• Demonstrated ability to lead a development and prototyping team
• Track record of exceptional performance in fast paced environments
• Successful track record of relationship development with customers
• Software and AI integration experience
• Experience with Army and Joint DoW platforms (e.g., vehicles), radios, data sources, data standards, C2 software, and capability integration

Pay

Salary compensation range and midpoint: $173,200 - $216,500 - $259,800

Benefits

Annual Work Location Type: Hybrid

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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