Electronic Warfare Engineer
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Electronic Warfare Engineer - Niceville, FL - Onsite
We are hiring an EW Engineer to support warfighter systems for the Combat Air Forces (CAF) fighter, bomber, airborne surveillance, and helicopter platforms. The mission includes developing and testing mission data (MD) to identify and/or defeat enemy radar and infrared guided missile systems, thus enhancing aircrew and aircraft survivability in combat. This role is onsite at Eglin AFB!
Job Responsibilities:
+ Conduct EW research, MD development, and MD testing.
+ Support EW system programming/reprogramming.
+ Coordinate programming/reprogramming requirements with EW system engineers.
+ Prepare validation and verification test plans.
+ Participate in ground and flight-testing.
+ Organize and participate in MD configuration control boards.
+ Assist with the collection, recording, and post-test analysis of data generated during MD testing.
+ Analyze EW threat waveform and reprogram parametric data into mission data file (MDF) via Specialized Electronic Combat Tools and Reprogramming Environment (SPECTRE) module.
+ Conduct validation & verification of MDF via characterization, correlation, compatibility testing using software-in-the-loop (SITL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL).
Required Skills & Qualifications:
+ Must be eligible to obtain DOD TS/SCI Clearance
+ Bachelors or Masters of Science Degree in Engineering
+ 3+ years of relevant professional experience
+ Python is required
+ Knowledge of EW weapons systems development, test and evaluation, and systems engineering
+ Willingness to travel as needed
Additional Skills & Qualifications
+ Knowledge of Department of Defense (DOD) test and evaluation methodologies.
+ Knowledge of various blue/grey and red threat systems and associated platforms.
+ Experience entering, updating, maintaining, and extracting data from source databases.
+ Experience with Intel sources such as Common Emitter Database (CED) and Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database (EWIRDB).
+ Experience with data analysis software including development and documentation of data reduction and processing software, development of computer-generated data products, and implementation of data storage/retrieval capabilities.
+ Skill in the application of engineering expertise specific to electronic warfare systems theory and equipment operation, including radar, radar warning receivers, missile warning systems, active countermeasures, RF and IR expendable systems, fundamentals of aircraft avionics, and systems integration.
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