NAVWAR Engineer

CACI International; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 71,500 - 150,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Robust learning resources

Quick advancement opportunities

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a modeling and simulation Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Join our team to support national security missions through innovative navigation warfare solutions. Candidates with experience in RF systems, leadership capabilities, and engineering backgrounds will excel in this role. The position offers a competitive salary and a culture of integrity and growth.

Qualifications

• 3 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Active interim secret clearance.
• Desire for Professional Engineer License.
• MS Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
• Develop RF hardware and software for NAVWAR missions.
• Support development of RF solutions.
• Perform testing to validate capabilities.

Skills

Multi-function small form factor payloads

Signal processing algorithms

Leadership experience

RF hardware and software solutions

Sensing approaches in NAVWAR

Education

BS in engineering or related field

Tools

Hardware-in-the-Loop testing

Job description

Overview

The Opportunity: As a member of the CACI-Wexford group Special Operations and Asymmetric Solutions Group (SOAS) we are renowned for bringing the expertise of our motivated, innovative professionals to address customers’ most difficult challenges and requirements. Using our cutting-edge practices, tools, and technologies, CACI's SOAS offers a range of solutions to address customer needs. At CACI-Wexford you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers.

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.

The ranges listed at the end of this job posting are CACI’s general guidelines. The specific/budgeted/target pay for this position is Novice 55,000 – 73,500 ; Intermediate 74,000 – 91,000 ; Advanced 92,000 – 110,000

Responsibilities

• Modeling and Simulation SME provides executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
• 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:

• 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.
• 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.
• Must have an active interim secret clearance and be eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI Clearance.

Desire:

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

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.

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

Pay Range

The proposed salary range for this position is: 71,500 - 150,200.

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.