Staff Engineer – Survivability, Mission Integration

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a highly skilled Senior Engineer to lead an interdisciplinary team in developing electronic warfare subsystems for NGAS programs. You will work on HW/SW architectures, requirements tracing, and system integration with key suppliers to meet avionics and mission objectives.

The role requires expertise in RF, EW applications, Matlab/Python/C/C++, and a TS/SCI clearance with SAP access. You will collaborate with multiple stakeholders, perform risk analyses, and guide technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or higher with extensive engineering experience.
• Experience in EW, RF, and multidisciplinary program development.
• Active TS/SCI with SAP access or eligibility within company timeframe.

Responsibilities

• Lead an interdisciplinary team on EW subsystem development for NGAS programs.
• Develop HW/SW architectures, verify, validate, and manage interfaces.
• Coordinate with suppliers and partners for system integration and test support.
• Document designs with schematics and specifications; manage risk and mitigation.
• Guide customer discussions and maintain daily interactions with stakeholders.
• Perform trade studies and analyses to meet platform mission objectives.

Skills

RF engineering

EW systems

requirements tracing

multidisciplinary teamwork

proposal writing

avionics integration

system engineering

RF spectrum knowledge

security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

Matlab

Python

C/C++

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead an interdisciplinary team on key efforts to develop novel Electronic Warfare subsystems on developmental NGAS programs
• Contribute to the overall development of HW/SW subsystems, including developing functional architectures, analyzing performance, managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements
• Lead a team to design, develop, build, and test EW components, equipment, systems, and networks in conjunction with key suppliers
• Responsibly manage technical aspects of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration, and test support
• Lead and support technical discussions with the customer and maintain daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams
• Guide the team through development/implementation activities
• Perform risk analysis, develop mitigation plans, and track to closure
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate avionics and mission subsystems to meet platform mission objectives
• Develop supplier documentation such as procurement specifications, statements of work, and review artifacts from the supplier’s development effort
• Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams, and specifications
• Support development and integration of HW/SW subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives
• Develop integrated HW/SW integration and test approaches across NGAS programs
• Perform functional and performance analyses
• Conduct detailed trade studies
• Perform analyses and estimate performance of components, subsystems, and systems in accordance with governmental and commercial standards
• Configure, test, document, and troubleshoot avionics and mission systems

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 10 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
• Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)
• Experience with Electronic Warfare, Electronic Support, and multifunction subsystems
• Experience in RF/EW applications, including developing and applying models in Matlab, Python, and/or C/C++, along with experience in tracking and algorithm development
• Familiarity with 1 or more RF sensing modalities and their applications
• Experience in decomposing, deriving, allocating and tracing requirements from system to component level
• Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Experience in supplier/subcontract management
• Experience with working on a multidisciplinary team and writing technical proposals
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, and/or testing RF equipment for airborne platforms
• Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
• An active U.S. Government issued Top Secret SCI Security Clearance as well as Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.