NAVWAR Engineer

CACI; Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 54,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a NAVWAR Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in supporting the Department of Defense's navigation warfare mission. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with a team dedicated to ensuring the safety of our nation. You will be involved in modeling, simulation, and the development of innovative solutions that enhance positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities. With a focus on continuous growth, you'll have the autonomy to shape your career while contributing to impactful projects that make a difference.

Benefits

Flexible Time Off

Healthcare Benefits

Retirement Plans

Continuing Education

Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• 3-10 years of relevant experience in NAVWAR engineering.
• Leadership or management experience in higher-level roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for NAVWAR missions.
• Develop RF hardware and software solutions for payloads.
• Conduct research on state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.

Skills

Modeling and Simulation

Signal Processing

RF Hardware Development

Research and Development

System Requirements Allocation

Debugging and Testing

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Master's Degree

Tools

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Software Defined Radio Frameworks

Job description

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:

1. Modeling and Simulation SME provides executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
2. Provide research and development of multi-function small form factor payloads for completing NAVWAR-based missions.
3. Develop and analyze models of novel algorithmic concepts to produce distributed electronic sensing effects for NAVWAR payloads.
4. Utilize EW signal processing algorithms that enable threat detection and identification for employing countermeasures.
5. Develop systems to support GPS system hardening to prevent NAVWAR effects on blue force systems.
6. Develop RF hardware and software solutions for integrating EW, Comms, and Radar missions into a small form factor payload.
7. Investigate heterogeneous sensing concepts across different platforms (i.e. manned and unmanned, high altitude ISR, ALE, etc.). Investigate sensing approaches with passive modes.
8. Design and implement testing of RF and other hardware portions of software defined radio frameworks.
9. Reverse engineer existing NAVWAR signal processing solutions.
10. Synthesize and allocate system requirements, and derive requirements to ensure the system architecture is fully defined, understood, and compliant to mission needs.
11. Support development and implementation of client requirements for RF solutions including services, products, technologies and capabilities which encompass airborne mission environments.
12. Perform Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) testing on systems that can be impacted by denial/deception of PNT/GPS.
13. Support technical reviews of vendor hardware and software products and deliverables, interface development and development of software algorithms and models for simulation.
14. Research of the state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.
15. Work with customers (both internal and external to JNWC) to help integrate solutions into a wide variety of applications and use cases.
16. 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.

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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.

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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. Learn more here.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$54,600 - $112,000

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.