RF System Engineer

SA Photonics, a CACI Company; Fairfax Station (VA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for their Fairfax, Virginia location. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to develop requirements and deliver capabilities in a dynamic team atmosphere, focusing on SIGINT collection systems for the DoD. The candidate should have extensive experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and possess a TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• 7+ years of related experience is required.
• Experience in all SELC phases.

Responsibilities

• Work with technical teammates on diverse systems engineering tasks.
• Ensure technical accuracy on projects, including testing.
• Support DoD customer with system installation and maintenance.

Skills

Systems Engineering Lifecycle

RF Systems

Agile Development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics

Job description

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The Opportunity:

CACI is currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer. The selected candidate will be responsible for working with stakeholders to develop requirements and deliver new capabilities while learning the mission and growing into a key engineering role. You will get to be part of a team of fun and energized engineers that will support and push you and will expect reciprocal action on your part. You will be part of a culture of sharing information amongst teammates working within a product family to field tactical SIGINT collection systems to the DoD. You will be part of a dynamic, growing, cross-functional, and geographically distributed team. This position is located on-site at our facility in Fairfax, Virginia, with occasional overnight travel to our office in Melbourne, Florida and/or other locations as needed to support customer activities.

Job Profile

Systems Engineering T4

JR Type

Funded

Job Category

Engineering

Minimum Clearance Required To Start

TS/SCI

Percentage Of Travel Required

Up to 10%

Type Of Travel

Continental US

Program/Opportunity Name

Program | Azure Summit

Referral Bonus Plan

$3,000

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Job Description

The Opportunity:

CACI is currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer. The selected candidate will be responsible for working with stakeholders to develop requirements and deliver new capabilities while learning the mission and growing into a key engineering role. You will get to be part of a team of fun and energized engineers that will support and push you and will expect reciprocal action on your part. You will be part of a culture of sharing information amongst teammates working within a product family to field tactical SIGINT collection systems to the DoD. You will be part of a dynamic, growing, cross-functional, and geographically distributed team. This position is located on-site at our facility in Fairfax, Virginia, with occasional overnight travel to our office in Melbourne, Florida and/or other locations as needed to support customer activities.

Responsibilities

• Work with highly motivated technical teammates consisting of software and hardware developers and be responsible for a wide variety of systems engineering tasks.
• Responsible for the technical accuracy on software projects for specific customer programs, tracking delivery schedules, CDRL delivery, and performing factory acceptance testing of new hardware and software.
• Pushing the software baseline forward by continuing process improvement and using agile software development process.
• Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software and system management tools in support of DoD customer.
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

Active TS/SCI security clearance security clearance, due to contract requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or another relevant field
• 7+ years of related experience is required
• Must have experience with all stages of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC): Concept of Operations (CONOPS), requirements development/decomposition, design, verification and validation testing, quality assurance, system integration, and operations support; including the development of requirements directly with stakeholders, as well as the development and execution of test plans/procedures.
• Experience designing, analyzing, testing, and verifying information and operational support systems for DoD customer from inception to support and operations and the ability to present technical information to numerous stakeholders.
• Familiarity with radio frequency (RF) systems and test equipment (spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator, multimeter etc.)
  
  

Desired

• Experience working and navigation of the Linux operating system.
• Experience in coordination and installation of systems to customer locations.
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) software and hardware.
• Understanding of SDR (Software Defined Radio) systems.
• Experience with agile development programs and supporting applications (e.g., JIRA, Mingle).
• Experience with return merchandise authorization (RMA) process, defining help desk decision trees, and submitting purchase orders.
• Security+ or CISSP Certification
• Model Based System Engineering experience
• Strong oral, written and presentation skills
  
  

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

$113,200 - $237,800

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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