Senior Electronic Warfare (EW) Operations SME

Spektrum

Norfolk (VA)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 140,000

Full time

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Job summary

Spektrum supports Allied Command Transformation programs and NATO capability development. The team backs Electromagnetic Operations and Electromagnetic Warfare related deliverables and liaises with multinational stakeholders across DOTMLPFI. The role emphasizes program management, requirements development, and workshop coordination.

Working location is Norfolk, VA, on-site, with potential travel and engagement across partner nations to support capability development initiatives.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in engineering or related field, or a BA/BS with 5 years in relevant field.
3 years’ experience briefing senior leaders/decision makers in the last 10 years.
5 years of EMO/EW operational knowledge at Tactical or Joint level within the last 12 years.
Minimum 2 years in Programme/Project Management within a complex, dynamic, multinational environment.
Minimum 2 years working in a multinational organization or NATO structure.

Responsibilities

Support development and management of EMO/EW capability products per DOTMLPFI guidance.
Assist JE Capabilities Programme Director and Project Coordinators in programme management tasks.
Facilitate requirements elicitation, capture, and traceability across DOTMLPFI domains.
Support doctrinal development and review of EMO/EW related materials.
Coordinate development and synchronization of DOTMLPFI across life cycles; organize workshops and meetings.
Collaborate with national and international military and civilian organizations.

Skills

Brief senior-leader briefing

EMO/EW knowledge

Programme/Project management

Multinational experience

Security clearance facilitation

Education

Master’s degree in engineering / information systems / computer science / project management / business administration

Bachelor’s degree + 5 years relevant experience

Job description

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents supporting NATO’s strategic objectives.

Role ID:ACT-CDMS-27-01-A-LC20

Taskings:

Provision of support to the development of Electromagnetic Operations and ElectromagneticWarfare (EMO/EW) related capability products in accordance with the NATO governancemodel for the delivery of common funded capabilities across Doctrine, Organization,Training, Material, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities and Interoperability (DOTMLPFI) linesof development in a through life cycle approach, based on the guidance of the ACT JointEffects (JE) Capabilities Programme Director/Section Head; the EMO/EW ProjectCoordinator and the JE Integrator/Architect;
Support the ACT JE Capabilities Programme Director and Project Coordinators in theirprogramme management efforts, including the interaction with EMO/EW and Joint &MultiDomainEffects stakeholders at all levels, from strategic to tactical.
Support the elicitation, capture, development, analysis,evaluationand traceability of higherand lower-level requirements (such as capability targets, operational requirements, systemspecifications, interoperability requirements, etc.) across all aspects of DOTMLPFI.
Support the development, analysis and review of EMO/EW related doctrinal corpus (e.g.policies, doctrines, directives concepts of operation/employment, courses of action andalternatives).
Coordinate DOTMLPFI development and implementation synchronization; support thedevelopment of recommended courses of action to resolve issues relating capability development, across the capability’s lifecycles.
Organise and participateto workshops, seminars, conferences and meetings in support of the activities above
Collaborate with national and international military and civilian organizations, includingcentres of excellence and academia, in support of the activities above.
Administration of EMO/EW capabilities development programmes status information in theelectronic environment supporting ACT warfare development information sharing andcoordination.
Support the interaction with NATO Agencies in context of the EMO/EW capabilities development programmes and validation of capabilities.
Identify lessons and Best Practices and contribute to their learning within the organization.
Support the ACT JE Capability Programme Director and the EMO/EW Project Coordinatorand travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO’s boundaries for upto 40 days per year.
Perform additional tasks as required by JE Capabilities Programme Director and the COTR related to programme management efforts.

Essential Qualifications

Master’s degree or similar national academic or Military College qualification in engineering,information systems, computer science, project management, businessadministrationorrelated disciplines. Can be substituted withBachelor’sdegree and 5 years of experience inrelevant field.
Demonstrate3 years’ experience in the last 10 in briefing seniorleaders/decision makers.
Demonstrate 5 years operational knowledge of EMO/EW at Tactical or Joint level (e.g. JointInterface Control Officer- JICO and Multi-interface tactical data link experience; NavigationWarfare-NAVWAR, Precision Navigation and Timing-PNT, and Battlespace SpectrumManagement-BSM) within the last 12 years either as a military officer or as a civilian.
Demonstrable experience, minimum of 2 years within the last 10 years, Programme/ProjectManagement experience in the past ten years within a complex and dynamic environment,with a focus on military capability development.
Demonstrable experience, minimum of 2 years within the last 10 years, working in amultinational organization (e.g. European Defence Agency) or NATO Command Structure(NCS) / NATO Force Structure (NFS) and familiarity with NATO agencies’ role in systemDevelopment

Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) or equivalent.

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