36th EWS Electronic Warfare Engineer/Analyst

DCS Corporation•Niceville, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will assist the 350th Spectrum Warfare Group (350 SWG) at Eglin AFB, Florida. The 350 SWG is the technical focal point for electronic warfare (EW) support of warfighter systems for Combat Air Forces fighter, bomber, airborne surveillance, and helicopter platforms. Its mission is to develop and test mission data (MD) to identify and/or defeat enemy radar and infrared-guided missile systems, enhancing aircrew and aircraft survivability in combat. The role supports operational EW testing, MD development, validation and verification, force development evaluation, and foreign materiel exploitation. Work includes EW research and testing, support for EW system programming and reprogramming, preparation of test plans, participation in ground and flight testing, and participation in MD configuration control boards. The candidate will help collect, record, and analyze data generated during testing; interpret and program emitter definitions for low-observable aircraft using software database suites and applicable intelligence sources; analyze threat waveforms; and develop, maintain, and test parametric data in mission data files (MDFs). The candidate will conduct MDF validation and verification through characterization, correlation, and compatibility testing using software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop environments. They will collaborate with stakeholders to ensure mission data design, development, and testing meet customer requirements, and provide training to new staff. Travel of up to 10–25% is required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.
Active Secret security clearance and ability to maintain it throughout employment.
Entry level: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering and up to 3 years of relevant experience.
Mid-level: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering and 3 to 10 years of relevant experience.
Senior level: Master’s degree in Engineering and over 10 years of relevant experience.
Ability to recognize and analyze problems, conduct research, summarize results, and make appropriate recommendations.
Ability to manage multiple Areas of Interest for mission data and prioritize emitter assignments to keep products up to date.
Working knowledge of computer systems, Windows-based personal computers, and Microsoft Office software.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, computer science, mathematics, science, or a related field plus 8 years of experience, or a Master’s degree plus 6 years; a high school diploma and experience may substitute for a degree.
Knowledge of EW weapons systems development, test and evaluation, and systems engineering.
Knowledge of Department of Defense test and evaluation methodologies.
Knowledge of blue/grey and red threat systems and associated platforms.
Experience entering, updating, maintaining, and extracting data from source databases, including intelligence sources such as the Common Emitter Database and Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database.
Experience load-checking data to ensure it is properly formatted and usable by database users.
Experience with data analysis software, including developing and documenting data reduction and processing software; developing computer-generated tabular and graphical data products; and developing and implementing data storage and retrieval capabilities.
Engineering expertise in electronic warfare systems theory and equipment operation, including radar, radar warning receivers, missile warning systems, active countermeasures, RF and IR expendable systems, aircraft avionics fundamentals, and systems integration.
Skills related to EW and the electromagnetic spectrum, computer software, threat warning, RF and EO/IR jammers, expendables, threat analysis, foreign/U.S. radar and weapon systems, airborne EW software, avionics, systems integration, electronics engineering, radar capabilities, and low-observable airframe principles.

Responsibilities

Conduct EW research, mission data development, and mission data testing.
Support EW system programming and reprogramming, coordinating requirements with EW system engineers.
Prepare validation and verification test plans and participate in ground and flight testing.
Organize and participate in mission data configuration control boards.
Collect, record, and perform post-test analysis of data generated during mission data testing.
Gather, interpret, and program emitter definitions for low-observable aircraft using software database suites and applicable intelligence sources.
Analyze EW threat waveforms and design, develop, maintain, and test parametric data in mission data files.
Conduct mission data file validation and verification through characterization, correlation, and compatibility testing using software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure mission data design, development, and testing meet customer requirements.
Develop and update threat databases using Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming tools; conduct and report performance characterization assessments.
Design and use computer-based tools to flag and extract threat system parameters for analysis, and generate optimized EW mission data software files.
Develop and use software simulations and EW laboratory facilities to verify and validate mission data before fielding.
Perform rapid reprogramming of fielded mission data in response to changes in adversary threats.
Provide training to new staff to enable them to contribute to the mission.
Travel up to 10–25% of the time.