Satcom Engineer (Secret Clearance)

  • Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
  • Posted 22 days ago | Updated 9 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Contract - W2

Job Details

Description:
Rate: ($65 - $75 / hr. w2)

Location: This role is 5 days onsite in the Maryland 21005 area

Duration: 6 months contract to hire

The candidate must be familiar with the Army and DoD standards - guiding the development of satellite communications (SATCOM) aspects of the Project Manager Tactical Network (PM TN) architecture, including implementation of the physical network underlying these systems. The candidate need to be familiar with tactical SATCOM including Protected SATCOM Modems, iDirect, Viasat, Linkway, and Network Centric Waveform (NCW) modems and their functionality. The candidate will serve as subject matter experts in all aspects of SATCOM, to include modulation and coding, link budgets, antennas, waveforms, blockage mitigation and other algorithms/protocols. The candidate must be familiar with the commercial SATCOM industry, to include multi-orbit (LEO/MEO/GEO), for increased use and integration by the Tactical Army.



Responsibilities:
The candidate will be responsible for understanding Electronic Warfare (EW) threats against the systems under management. The candidate will coordinate SATCOM efforts to include prioritizing projects and tasks and work with system integrators. The candidate will provide technical support in all PM TN equipment labs and run lab experiments with regards to SATCOM in addition to working with baseband networking configurations to integrate PM TN products. The candidate will participate in evaluation and analysis of S&T capabilities for potential integration into the PM TN portfolio of systems.

Experience Requirements:

Must have at least 9 years of experience (10 years desired)

Travel required: Up to 20%

Education Requirements:

Master's Degree is equal to Bachelor's Degree plus three (3) years applicable experience, or Associate's Degree plus six (6) years applicable experience, or High School Diploma plus nine (9) years applicable experience extensive related technical or field experience is required.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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