Senior Electronic Warfare Acquisition Program Engineer

Hx5, Llc; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Sp

Pet Insurance

Job summary

HX5, LLC seeks a Senior Acquisition Program Manager in Electronic Warfare to join the team at Eglin AFB, Niceville, Florida. The role emphasizes full-spectrum DoD lifecycle engineering, system-level design translation, and risk-driven program management.

The candidate will lead assessments, cost/schedule analyses, and support proposals and source-selection activities while ensuring compliance with DoD processes. A strong background in EW, radar, and RF is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 25+ years of professional experience or advanced degrees with fewer years.
• ABET-accredited engineering degree is preferred.
• Prior DoD acquisition experience or DAU certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-spectrum DoD lifecycle engineering support across programs.
• Define and translate requirements into system-level designs and interfaces.
• Conduct reviews, trade studies, AoAs, risk analyses, and system effectiveness assessments.
• Develop design reviews, system specs, and program documentation.
• Support integration, verification/validation, and life-cycle sustainment planning.
• Evaluate proposals, system modifications, and technical feasibility.
• Perform cost, schedule, producibility, reliability, and maintenance cost analyses.
• Conduct simulations for armament systems and model performance.
• Provide source-selection technical advising and milestone documentation.
• Review and analyze baselines for concept and requirement baselines.
• Apply EW engineering expertise in radar, threat simulations, RF propagation, and test planning.
• Support FMS, program management, risk activities, and IPTs.

Skills

EW engineering

RF propagation

Signal processing

System architecture

Cost/Schedule analyses

Risk analyses

Source selection advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

ABET-accredited engineering program

Job description

Senior Program Engineer
Acquisition Program Engineer, Senior
Eglin AFB, Florida
Niceville, Florida

HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

HX5 is currently seeking a Senior Acquisition Program Manager Electronic Warfare to join the team at Eglin, AFB in Niceville, Florida.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide full-spectrum engineering and technical support across all phases of the DoD life cycle.
• Define, analyze, and translate requirements into system-level designs, architectures, interfaces, and documentation.
• Conduct engineering reviews, audits, trade studies, AoAs, system effectiveness assessments, and risk analyses.
• Develop technical artifacts including SEPs, design review materials, system specs, and program documentation.
• Support integration, verification/validation, configuration management, and life-cycle sustainment planning.
• Evaluate proposals, system modifications, training system requirements, simulators, and technical feasibility.
• Perform cost, schedule, producibility, reliability, maintainability, and life-cycle cost analyses.
• Conduct simulation studies for armament systems and model/system component performance.
• Provide source-selection technical advising, milestone documentation development, and program readiness assessments.
• Review and analyze system concept and requirement baselines.
• Apply Electronic Warfare engineering expertise radar systems, threat simulations, RF propagation, signal processing, EW modeling, test planning, and verification.

• Support FMS, program management, risk activities, and engineering IPTs, and overall system-level technical oversight.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and twenty-five (25) years of professional experience
• OR master's degree and fifteen(15) years of professional experience
• OR PhD and five (5) years of experience
• Undergraduate engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college

Preferences:

• Prior DoD acquisition experience, DAU courses or certifications

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time on-site position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours.

Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance by date of hire.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Relocation Assistance
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, pleasecall [phone].

CJ