Senior Principal Mission Engineer

SRC, Inc•Fairborn, OH

7d•$153,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

SRC, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Principal Mission Engineer to provide Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) to the U.S. Air Force’s Big Safari Program Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The position supports Government program offices and operational stakeholders advancing Electromagnetic Battle Management (EMBM) capabilities on the EA-37B COMPASS CALL and RC-135 RIVET JOINT. The role turns operational needs into credible, testable capabilities through operational demonstrations, experimentation, and evaluation. The engineer bridges aircrew and operational-user needs with Government acquisition teams, systems engineers, test organizations, and industry developers. The work calls for practical understanding of airborne electromagnetic warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control, and the integration challenges involved in fielding mission software and hardware on operational aircraft.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related technical discipline, and 15 or more years of experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree, consistent with contract requirements.
Active Top Secret clearance.
Experience in DoD acquisition, mission engineering, systems engineering, test and evaluation, operational experimentation, mission systems integration, or advanced defense technology development.
Experience in one or more of these mission areas: electronic warfare (EW), electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO), signals intelligence (SIGINT), airborne ISR, C4ISR, mission planning, sensor fusion, or airborne command and control.
Working knowledge of RF-based mission systems, including relevant aspects of communications, radar, electronic attack, electronic protection, signals collection, geolocation, or spectrum awareness.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience supporting EA-37B COMPASS CALL, RC-135 RIVET JOINT, or comparable airborne EW, SIGINT, ISR, or mission-command platforms.
Familiarity with EMBM, Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), or related multi-platform command-and-control initiatives.
Experience integrating or evaluating OMS, MOSA, UCI, AMS GRA, or other open mission-system architectures and data/interface standards.

Responsibilities

Serve as a mission engineering and technical advisor for EMBM capability development, integration, operational demonstration, and evaluation activities for EA-37B COMPASS CALL and RC-135 RIVET JOINT mission systems.
Plan, coordinate, and support operational demonstrations, experimentation events, ground tests, flight tests, and other evaluations of EMBM capability utility, interoperability, technical maturity, and mission effectiveness.
Translate operational problems, aircrew feedback, intelligence requirements, and mission needs into engineering objectives, mission threads, evaluation criteria, and capability recommendations.
Support development, refinement, and review of requirements, technical specifications, interface documentation, test plans, evaluation plans, and other acquisition and engineering artifacts.
Review integration dependencies, mission and technical risks, test limitations, and operational constraints affecting transition of EMBM capabilities to operational platforms.
Support implementation and assessment of open-system and interoperability approaches, including Open Mission Systems (OMS), Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), Agile Mission Suite Government Reference Architecture (AMS GRA), and Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI).
Participate in test execution and event coordination, including developing test objectives, data-collection approaches, mission scenarios, and post-event analysis. Ground Test Director or similar test leadership duties may be required.