Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Architect - UAS/MQ-9

KBR, Inc.; Lexington Park (MD); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. seeks a Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer to lead integration, testing, and fielding of EW systems for the MQ-9 MUX MALE platform.

You will coordinate with government, industry, test, and fleet stakeholders to ensure compliance with mission requirements and airworthiness standards. Responsibilities cover requirements decomposition, ES/EA/EP capability assessment, and end-to-end EW payload integration with aircraft systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics or related field.
• Minimum twelve (12) years of experience supporting design, integration, acquisition, testing, deployment, or sustainment of complex aerospace, EW, RF, or defense systems.
• Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI eligibility. U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the program’s Electronic Warfare subject matter expert, providing technical recommendations and engineering assessments supporting acquisition, integration, fielding, and sustainment decisions.
• Provide technical leadership for the integration, testing, certification, and sustainment of EW payloads and mission systems on the MQ-9 MUX MALE platform.
• Develop, decompose, trace, and manage EW system requirements across aircraft, payload, ground control station, and mission system architectures.
• Support development, integration, and assessment of Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP) capabilities.
• Conduct technical trade studies, analyses of alternatives, and engineering assessments to evaluate EW technologies, architectures, and mission solutions.
• Support electromagnetic spectrum operations, RF compatibility assessments, and spectrum certification activities to ensure compliance with applicable standards and operational requirements.
• Perform end-to-end technical integration of EW payloads with aircraft systems, mission processors, communications architectures, and Ground Control Stations.
• Plan, coordinate, and support laboratory, ground, and flight test activities, including verification of requirements, certification objectives, and operational effectiveness.
• Support System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), and other technical review events.
• Evaluate EW system performance against operational requirements, threat environments, and mission objectives, identifying risks and recommending corrective actions.
• Shape EW collection, Electronic Support Measures (ESM), and mission-data workflows while ensuring interoperability with Joint and Naval aviation architectures.

Skills

EW systems engineering

Systems engineering

RF systems

Defense acquisition

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

KBR, Inc. seeks a Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer to lead integration, testing, and fielding of EW systems for the MQ-9 MUX MALE platform.

You will coordinate with government, industry, test, and fleet stakeholders to ensure compliance with mission requirements and airworthiness standards. Responsibilities cover requirements decomposition, ES/EA/EP capability assessment, and end-to-end EW payload integration with aircraft systems.