NAVWAR Engineer

SA Photonics, a CACI Company; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 54,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to empowering the Department of Defense’s navigation warfare mission. As a NAVWAR Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring positioning, navigation, and timing superiority. This dynamic position involves modeling, simulation, and the development of RF hardware/software solutions to enhance electronic warfare capabilities. You will collaborate with a team of experts to research and develop innovative payloads, ensuring compliance with system architecture requirements. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to contribute to national defense, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Healthcare

Wellness Programs

Retirement Plans

Education Benefits

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 3 to 10 years of relevant experience in RF engineering.
• Prior leadership or management experience in engineering roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in modeling and simulation for NAVWAR.
• Develop RF hardware and software solutions for various payloads.

Skills

Modeling and Simulation

RF Hardware Development

Signal Processing

System Analysis

Electronic Warfare

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Software Defined Radios

Job description

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The Opportunity: In support of the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) contract, you will be 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 expertise on planning and conducting NAVWAR, including knowledge of NAVWAR Order of Battle and PNT-related successes and threats.

Job Profile: RF Engineering T2

JR Type: Evergreen

Job Category: Engineering

Minimum Clearance Required To Start: Secret

Percentage Of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type Of Travel: Outside Continental US

Program/Opportunity Name: Program | JNWC

Referral Bonus Plan: * * *

Job Description:
In support of the JNWC contract, you will contribute to NAVWAR efforts by providing expertise in modeling, simulation, RF hardware/software development, signal processing, and system analysis to support navigation warfare and electronic warfare capabilities.

Responsibilities:

1. Modeling and Simulation SME provides executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
2. Research and develop multi-function small form factor payloads for NAVWAR missions.
3. Develop and analyze models of novel algorithms for electronic sensing effects.
4. Utilize EW signal processing algorithms for threat detection and countermeasures.
5. Support GPS system hardening to prevent NAVWAR effects.
6. Develop RF hardware and software solutions for integrating EW, communications, and radar into payloads.
7. Investigate heterogeneous sensing concepts across platforms.
8. Design and test RF hardware and software for software defined radios.
9. Reverse engineer existing NAVWAR signal processing solutions.
10. Define and allocate system requirements to ensure architecture compliance.
11. Support development of client requirements for RF solutions.
12. Perform Hardware-in-the-Loop testing on systems affected by PNT/GPS denial or deception.
13. Review vendor hardware/software products and develop algorithms for simulation.
14. Research state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.
15. Work with customers to integrate solutions into various applications.
16. Debug, test, and validate capabilities using unit tests and scenario reports.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 3 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Prior leadership or management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Current interim secret clearance with a pathway to SCI.

Desired:

• Professional Engineer License (PE).
• Master’s degree.

Pay Range: $54,600 - $112,000

We offer competitive benefits including healthcare, wellness, retirement, education, and time off. Learn more about our benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or other protected characteristics.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Defense and Space Manufacturing