Senior NAVWAR Engineer – PNT & EW Systems Architect

UICGS / Bowhead Family of Companies; Kirtland (NM); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowhead Family of Companies seeks a NAVWAR Engineer to support the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) in Albuquerque, NM. You will empower the DoD’s navigation warfare mission, delivering expertise on planning and conducting NAVWAR, including threat analysis and PNT-related considerations.

Responsibilities include developing NAVWAR payloads, researching algorithms for distributed sensing, applying EW processing, GPS hardening, RF/SDR integration, HWIL testing, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• BS in an engineering discipline or related field.
• From 3 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Must have prior leadership or management experience in higher-level roles.

Responsibilities

• Serves as baseline NAVWAR engineer.
• Develops multi-function NAVWAR payloads for missions.
• Develops models of novel algorithms for distributed electronic sensing.
• Applies EW signal processing to detect threats and enable countermeasures.
• Supports GPS hardening to protect blue force systems.
• Creates RF hardware/software solutions integrating EW, Communications, and Radar.
• Investigates heterogeneous sensing across platforms and passive modes.
• Designs and tests RF and SDR components in hardware-in-the-loop.
• Reverse engineers NAVWAR signal processing solutions.
• Derives system requirements and ensures architecture meets mission needs.
• Supports client requirements for RF solutions for airborne missions.
• Performs HWIL testing on systems affected by PNT/GPS denial.
• Reviews vendor hardware/software and assists with interface development.
• Researches state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.
• Collaborates with internal/external customers to integrate solutions.
• Debugs, tests, and validates capabilities with unit tests and JNWC scenarios.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership experience

NAVWAR knowledge

Signal processing

Education

BS in an engineering discipline or related field

MS Degree

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Bowhead Family of Companies seeks a NAVWAR Engineer to support the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) in Albuquerque, NM. You will empower the DoD’s navigation warfare mission, delivering expertise on planning and conducting NAVWAR, including threat analysis and PNT-related considerations.

Responsibilities include developing NAVWAR payloads, researching algorithms for distributed sensing, applying EW processing, GPS hardening, RF/SDR integration, HWIL testing, and collaborating with