AEHF Communications Engineer

The MITRE Corporation

$156K — $234K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in Military Satellite Communications and systems engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Active Secret Clearance with eligibility for DoD TS/SCI clearance.
  • Strong ability to communicate complex technical material effectively both in writing and presentations.
  • Proven experience planning and executing complex trade studies across multiple engineering disciplines.
  • Expertise in systems engineering throughout the entire development lifecycle, from concept to verification.
  • Skilled in collaboration across various organizations and engineering domains to solve complex challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct systems engineering analysis for designs and integration trades.
  • Identify and articulate risks and uncertainties in system architectures.
  • Communicate risks and opportunities to department leaders and sponsors.
  • Support the development and review of system requirements and management processes.
  • Translate analysis findings into actionable recommendations for government agencies.
  • Lead cross-domain working groups and studies while collaborating with stakeholders.
  • Engage in hands-on prototyping, integration, and testing activities.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge military SATCOM technology.
  • Challenging projects that foster personal and technical skill development.
  • Collaborative team environment with cross-disciplinary interaction.
  • Prospects for career growth in a high-stakes military environment.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a AEHF Communications Systems Engineer with knowledge of Military Satellite Communications, especially familiarity with EHF and AEHF SATCOM and associated Satellite Communications terminals (MILSTAR, FAB-T, FET, SMART-T, GASNT, MMPU, VPS, SCAMP) to lead the specification development, integration, and test strategies of next generation AEHF Military Satellite Communications systems. This is an opportunity for a Communications Systems Engineer who is highly motivated, innovative and proactive. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one's hands on skills, systems engineering and trade space analysis skills.

Roles & Responsibilities:
  • Perform systems engineering analysis for requirement trades, design and integration trades, end-to-end performance analysis, and identifying risk mitigation approaches
  • Articulate major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties.
  • Communicate work program uncertainties, risks and opportunities with department leadership and Sponsors
  • Support the development, decomposition, and review of system requirements
  • Support requirements management, interface management and architecture change management processes
  • Translate analysis results into actionable recommendations for the US Government agencies
  • Tasks may include leading working groups or studies covering multiple engineering domains while interfacing and collaborating across multiple stakeholders to create timely and actionable recommendations.
  • Tasks may also include hands-on prototyping, integration, and testing activities.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Active Secret Clearence with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI clearance.
  • Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
  • Proficient at communicating complex technical material in presentations and in writing
  • Experience planning, executing, and presenting complex trade studies.
  • Experience in systems engineering with expertise across the development lifecycle from concept development, through requirements definition, system development and integration, and verification.
  • Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines to provide solutions to complex problems that require unified software, hardware, mechanical and reliability approaches while balancing cost and schedule constraints.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate across multiple organizations and engineering disciplines.
  • This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience leading the evaluation and testing of complex systems
  • Experience with capabilities trade analysis, mission analysis, information assurance, systems integration, and understanding of the relationships between operational, technical, and system's architecture
  • Familiarity with Military Satellite Communications, especially familiarity with EHF and AEHF SATCOM and associated Satellite Communications terminals (MILSTAR, FAB-T, FET, SMART-T, GASNT, MMPU, VPS, SCAMP)
  • Familiarity with evaluation of RF communications
  • Possess a current/active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance are preferred
  • Experience with multi-disciplinary modeling and simulation (physics-level, engineering-level and/or operational-level). Documented success applying modern systems engineering methods including MBSE
  • Experience with system integration and testing (HW/SW) of COTS components for prototyping
  • Familiarity with Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3) and the nuclear environment.


This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$156,400 - $195,500 - $234,600 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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