NAVWAR Engineer

CACI International Inc; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 60,100 - 123,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Continuing education support

Job summary

A defense and technology company seeks a NAVWAR Engineer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This role involves providing expertise for the Department of Defense's navigation warfare mission. Responsibilities include developing RF hardware solutions, performing modeling and simulation, and ensuring GPS system integrity. Candidates should possess 3-10 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in engineering. Competitive salary range is offered, reflecting skills and experience.

Qualifications

• 3 to 10 years of relevant experience required.
• Leadership or management experience in higher-level roles.
• Current interim secret clearance with pathway to SCI.

Responsibilities

• Modeling and Simulation SME provides executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
• Develop RF hardware and software solutions for NAVWAR payloads.
• Support GPS system hardening to prevent NAVWAR effects.

Skills

Leadership experience

Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR)

Signal processing

Modeling and Simulation

RF hardware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

RF engineering tools

Simulation software

Job description

Job Title: NAVWAR Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type of Travel: Outside Continental US

The Opportunity

In support of the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) contract, you will be a part of our team’s efforts to empower the Department of Defense’s navigation warfare (NAVWAR) mission ensuring positioning, navigation and timing superiority. Our mission is to provide combatant commanders and joint force commanders with subject matter expertise on planning and conducting NAVWAR by providing knowledge of friendly and enemy NAVWAR Order of Battle and PNT-related successes and threats.

Responsibilities

• Modeling and Simulation SME provides executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
• Provide research and development of multi-function small form factor payloads for completing NAVWAR-based missions.
• Develop and analyze models of novel algorithmic concepts to produce distributed electronic sensing effects for NAVWAR payloads.
• Utilize EW signal processing algorithms that enable threat detection and identification for employing countermeasures.
• Develop systems to support GPS system hardening to prevent NAVWAR effects on blue force systems
• Develop RF hardware and software solutions for integrating EW, Comms, and Radar missions into a small form factor payload.
• Investigate heterogeneous sensing concepts across different platforms (i.e. manned and unmanned, high altitude ISR, ALE, etc.). Investigate sensing approaches with passive modes.
• Design and implement testing of RF and other hardware portions of software defined radio frameworks
• Reverse engineer existing NAVWAR signal processing solutions
• Synthesize and allocate system requirements, and derive requirements to ensure the system architecture is fully defined, understood, and compliant to mission needs
• Support development and implementation of client requirements for RF solutions including services, products, technologies and capabilities which encompass airborne mission environments.
• Performs Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) testing on systems that can be impacted by denial/deception of PNT/GPS
• Support technical reviews of vendor hardware and software products and deliverables, interface development and development of software algorithms and models for simulation.
• Research of the state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.
• Work with customers (both internal and external to JNWC) to help integrate solutions into a wide variety of applications and use cases
• Debug, test, and validate our capabilities using both unit tests as well as scenarios reported by the JNWC or JNWC Customers

Qualifications

Required:

• From 3 to 10 Yrs. Relevant experience
• Must have prior leadership or management experience in higher-level roles
• BS in an engineering discipline or a related field.
• Current interim secret with a pathway to SCI.

Desired

• Professional Engineer License (PE) for senior level
• MS Degree

This position is contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately. However, this position is representative of positions within CACI that are consistently available. Individuals who apply may also be considered for other positions at CACI.

What You Can Expect

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

The Proposed Salary Range For This Position Is

$60,100 - $123,200

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.