Electrical Engineer – DoD ISR Systems (TS/SCI)

The Mission Essential Group; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mission Essential Group is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support the IBS-ES program by maintaining the IW/CIB Integration Testbed, analyzing waveform-level impacts, and supporting troubleshooting and optimization efforts. The role requires TS/SCI eligibility and experience with DoD communications systems.

You will work across multiple sites to monitor system performance, implement changes, and aid in system modernization and RF optimization initiatives, ensuring mission readiness and

Qualifications

• Security clearance TS with SCI eligibility.
• 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with DoD UHF SATCOM systems, protocols and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain IW/CIB Integration Testbed to support integration testing, risk assessment, and evaluation of IW and CIB operational impacts.
• Provide test environments, data, and technical support for CIB terminal vendors, including testing and validation activities.
• Conduct laboratory testing of CIB-PT capabilities and assess risks associated with IWCS changes, upgrades, and service allocations.
• Monitor Downlink Monitoring Equipment (DME) and analyze system logs to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve CIB and IWCS performance, availability, and reliability issues.
• Investigate operational anomalies, perform root cause analysis, and assess impacts across IBS-ES, CIB, and related enterprise services.
• Review incident and trouble tickets to identify trends, misclassified issues, and potential impacts to operational broadcasting and communications services.
• Represent IBS-ES in stakeholder forums, provide technical recommendations, develop white papers, and communicate operational impacts of planned system changes.
• Track and report engineering activities, issue resolution efforts, and system performance metrics to government and operational stakeholders.
• Provide cross-site operational support for systems and services across multiple locations, ensuring continuous availability and mission readiness.
• Coordinate change management activities, vulnerability scans, patch management, and system maintenance while minimizing operational impacts.
• Support software development, system modernization, and RF suite optimization initiatives to improve operational effectiveness and mission support.
• Develop and enhance automation tools and analytical processes to improve log analysis, reduce manual workload, and increase accuracy of system health and uptime reporting.

Skills

Technical troubleshooting

Network performance tuning

DoD UHF SATCOM systems

Scripting (Python, MATLAB)

Education

BA/BS in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

The Mission Essential Group is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support the IBS-ES program by maintaining the IW/CIB Integration Testbed, analyzing waveform-level impacts, and supporting troubleshooting and optimization efforts. The role requires TS/SCI eligibility and experience with DoD communications systems.

You will work across multiple sites to monitor system performance, implement changes, and aid in system modernization and RF optimization initiatives, ensuring mission readiness and