Acquisition Program Engineer- Electronic Warfare

DCS Corporation•Eglin Village, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acquisition Program Electronic Warfare Engineer supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin AFB, Florida. This position provides the knowledge and experience to efficiently and effectively deliver weapons engineering capabilities in support of the acquisition process.

Requirements

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, US Citizenship is required.
Current Top Secret clearance.
Bachelor of Science degree in related discipline and 20 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science degree in related discipline and 15 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in related discipline and 5 years of relevant experience.
Experience with Requirements definition, analysis, traceability, and management (DOORS or similar)
Experience with Architecture design, system integration, implementation, and interface management
Experience with Verification & validation (V&V) and transition planning
Experience with Configuration management and technical documentation development
Experience with Risk management, technical problem‑solving, and decision analysis
Experience with Modeling tools such as SysML or similar modeling environments
Experience with DoD acquisition lifecycle knowledge, including DoDI 5000 series compliance
Experience supporting system development, integration, sustainment, and readiness assessments
Experience Conducting AoAs, trade studies (performance, cost, reliability, maintainability, producibility, schedule)
Experience with Technical review participation (SRR, PDR, CDR, TIMs, MRAs) and artifact development
Experience with Proposal analysis for feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness
Knowledge of armament systems (munitions, missiles, air‑to‑air/air‑to‑surface systems)
Knowledge of Electronic Warfare (EW) engineering, including RF propagation, radar systems, signal processing, transmitter/receiver/antenna design
Knowledge of EW modeling & simulation development, EW model V/V, threat system simulation design
Knowledge of Flight test methods, hardware evaluation, and system performance validation
Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs or similar engineering environment.

Nice To Haves

Undergraduate and/or graduate engineering degree from a college or university with an Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering program.
Experience with armament systems (air-to-air, air-to-surface munitions, missiles, or related systems).
Knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle processes and DoDI 5000 series.

Responsibilities

Provide full-spectrum engineering and technical support across all phases of the DoD acquisition life cycle.
Define, analyze, and translate requirements into system-level designs, architectures, interfaces, and documentation.
Conduct engineering reviews, audits, trade studies, AoAs, system effectiveness assessments, and risk analyses.
Develop technical artifacts including SEPs, design review materials, system specs, and program documentation.
Support integration, verification/validation, configuration management, and life‑cycle sustainment planning.
Evaluate proposals, system modifications, training system requirements, simulators, and technical feasibility.
Perform cost, schedule, producibility, reliability, maintainability, and life‑cycle cost analyses.
Conduct simulation studies for armament systems and model system/component performance.
Provide source‑selection technical advising, milestone documentation development, and program readiness assessments.
Support FMS, program management, risk activities, engineering IPTs, and overall system‑level technical oversight.
Review and analyze system concepts and requirements baselines.
Apply Electronic Warfare (EW) engineering expertise across radar systems, threat simulations, RF propagation, signal processing, EW modeling, test planning, and verification.