Job Title: NAVWAR Engineer
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%
Type of Travel: Local
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The Opportunity:In support of the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) contract, you will be a part of our team's efforts to empower the Department of Defense's navigation warfare (NAVWAR) mission ensuring positioning, navigation and timing superiority. Our mission is to provide combatant commanders and joint force commanders with subject matter expertise on planning and conducting NAVWAR by providing knowledge of friendly and enemy NAVWAR Order of Battle and PNT-related successes and threats.
Responsibilities:- Modeling and Simulation SME provides executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support.
- Provide research and development of multi-function small form factor payloads for completing NAVWAR-based missions.
- Develop and analyze models of novel algorithmic concepts to produce distributed electronic sensing effects for NAVWAR payloads.
- Utilize EW signal processing algorithms that enable threat detection and identification for employing countermeasures.
- Develop systems to support GPS system hardening to prevent NAVWAR effects on blue force systems
- Develop RF hardware and software solutions for integrating EW, Comms, and Radar missions into a small form factor payload.
- Investigate heterogeneous sensing concepts across different platforms (i.e. manned and unmanned, high altitude ISR, ALE, etc.). Investigate sensing approaches with passive modes.
- Design and implement testing of RF and other hardware portions of software defined radio frameworks
- Reverse engineer existing NAVWAR signal processing solutions
- Synthesize and allocate system requirements, and derive requirements to ensure the system architecture is fully defined, understood, and compliant to mission needs
- Support development and implementation of client requirements for RF solutions including services, products, technologies and capabilities which encompass airborne mission environments.
- Performs Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) testing on systems that can be impacted by denial/deception of PNT/GPS
- Support technical reviews of vendor hardware and software products and deliverables, interface development and development of software algorithms and models for simulation.
- Research of the state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.
- Work with customers (both internal and external to JNWC) to help integrate solutions into a wide variety of applications and use cases
- Debug, test, and validate our capabilities using both unit tests as well as scenarios reported by the JNWC or JNWC Customers
Qualifications:Required: - Security Clearance: Must have an active secret clearance
- Experience: 3-7 years of experience in Electrical, Mechanical, RF Engineering, or Data Science
- Education: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in an Engineering field (Electrical, Mechanical, RF) or Data Science
- Technical Foundation: A strong foundation in technical principles and data-driven methodologies
- Proven Track Record: A proven track record of applying technical expertise to solve complex engineering problems and drive data-driven insight
Desired:- Professional Engineer License (PE) for senior level
- MS Degree
What You Can Expect: A culture of integrity.At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose - to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You'll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.
A focus on continuous growth.Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground - in your career and in our legacy.
Pay Range:
There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
$60,100 - $123,200
CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
