Acquisition Program Engineer- Electronic Warfare

DCS Corporation; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation seeks a Senior Acquisition Program Electronic Warfare Engineer to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin AFB, Florida. You will lead EW engineering across the DoD lifecycle, shaping radar, threat simulations, RF modeling, and verification activities.

Candidates should have DoD lifecycle experience, strong DOORS/SysML skills, and a TS clearance. Join a mission-focused program delivering critical weapons engineering capabilities.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required.
• Current Top Secret clearance.
• Experience with: DoD acquisition lifecycle knowledge, including DoDI 5000 series.
• Experience with requirements definition, analysis, traceability, and management (DOORS or similar).
• Architecture design, system integration, implementation, and interface management.
• Verification & validation (V&V) and transition planning.
• Configuration management and technical documentation development.
• Risk management and technical problem solving.
• Modeling tools such as SysML or similar modeling environments.
• Experience supporting system development, integration, sustainment, and readiness assessments.
• AoAs, trade studies (performance, cost, reliability, maintainability, producibility, schedule).
• Technical review participation (SRR, PDR, CDR, TIMs, MRAs) and artifact development.
• Proposal analysis for feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
• Knowledge of armament systems (munitions, missiles, air-to-air/air-to-surface).
• Electronic Warfare (EW) engineering including RF propagation, radar systems, signal processing.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-spectrum engineering across all phases of the DoD acquisition life cycle.
• Define, analyze, and translate requirements into system-level designs, architectures, interfaces, and documentation.
• Conduct engineering reviews, audits, trade studies, AoAs, system effectiveness assessments, and risk analyses.
• Develop technical artifacts including SEPs, design reviews, system specs, and program documentation.
• Support integration, verification/validation, configuration management, and lifecycle sustainment planning.
• Evaluate proposals, training system requirements, simulators, and technical feasibility.
• Perform cost, schedule, producibility, reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost analyses.
• Conduct simulation studies for armament systems and model system/component performance.
• Provide technical advisory, milestone documentation development, and program readiness assessments.
• Support FMS, program management, risk activities, engineering IPTs, and overall system-level oversight.
• Review and analyze system concepts and requirements baselines.
• Apply EW engineering across radar systems, threat simulations, RF propagation, signal processing, EW modeling, and test planning.

Skills

DoD acquisition lifecycle

Requirements analysis & traceability

AoAs & trade studies

System architecture design

V&V

Configuration management

RF/EW modeling

SysML modeling

Risk management

Flight test methods

Education

Bachelor of Science in related discipline

Master of Science in related discipline

PhD in related discipline

Tools

DOORS

SysML modeling tools

Job description

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acquisition Program Electronic Warfare Engineer supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin AFB, Florida. This position provides the knowledge and experience to efficiently and effectively deliver weapons engineering capabilities in support of the acquisition process.

Essential Job Functions:

Provide full-spectrum engineering and technical support across all phases of the DoD acquisition life cycle.

Define, analyze, and translate requirements into system-level designs, architectures, interfaces, and documentation.

Conduct engineering reviews, audits, trade studies, AoAs, system effectiveness assessments, and risk analyses.

Develop technical artifacts including SEPs, design review materials, system specs, and program documentation.

Support integration, verification/validation, configuration management, and lifecycle sustainment planning.

Evaluate proposals, system modifications, training system requirements, simulators, and technical feasibility.

Perform cost, schedule, producibility, reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost analyses.

Conduct simulation studies for armament systems and model system/component performance.

Provide soucerelection technical advising, milestone documentation development, and program readiness assessments.

Support FMS, program management, risk activities, engineering IPTs, and overall systemlevel technical oversight.

Review and analyze system concepts and requirements baselines.

Apply Electronic Warfare (EW) engineering expertise across radar systems, threat simulations, RF propagation, signal processing, EW modeling, test planning, and verification.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, US Citizenship is required.

Current Top Secret clearance.

Bachelor of Science degree in related discipline and 20 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science degree in related discipline and 15 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in related discipline and 5 years of relevant experience.

Experience with:

• Requirements definition, analysis, traceability, and management (DOORS or similar)
• Architecture design, system integration, implementation, and interface management
• Verification & validation (V&V) and transition planning
• Configuration management and technical documentation development
• Risk management, technical problemsolving, and decision analysis
• Modeling tools such as SysML or similar modeling environments
• DoD acquisition lifecycle knowledge, including DoDI 5000 series compliance
• Experience supporting system development, integration, sustainment, and readiness assessments
• Conducting AoAs, trade studies (performance, cost, reliability, maintainability, producibility, schedule)
• Technical review participation (SRR, PDR, CDR, TIMs, MRAs) and artifact development
• Proposal analysis for feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness
• Knowledge of armament systems (munitions, missiles, airtoair/airtosurface systems)
• Electronic Warfare (EW) engineering, including RF propagation, radar systems, signal processing, transmitter/receiver/antenna design
• EW modeling & simulation development, EW model V/V, threat system simulation design
• Flight test methods, hardware evaluation, and system performance validation

Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs or similar engineering environment.

Desired Skills:

Undergraduate and/or graduate engineering degree from a college or university with an Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering program.

Experience with armament systems (air-to-air, air-to-surface munitions, missiles, or related systems).

Knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle processes and DoDI 5000 series.