Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineering Link 22
Job Code: 43457
Job Location: Rockwall, TX
Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off.
Job Description:Perform as part of a team that supports the requirements, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne ISR and communication platforms. The ideal candidate will serve as a subject matter expert in Link 22 tactical data link systems, providing hands-on architecture development requirements, system design, configuration, integration, and training expertise for airborne and maritime-based system applications. Travel requirement will vary with the phase of the program, ranging from
Essential Functions:- Serve as the primary Link 22 subject matter expert, leveraging in-depth working knowledge of Link 22 systems, architecture, message standards, network design, and the full range of available configuration options.
- Integrate and configure Link 22 tactical data link systems for use with airborne weapon system and maritime-based communication platforms, ensuring compatibility and operational effectiveness.
- Architect and design Link 22 data flows across multi-node network environments, including Function groups, time slot management, and message routing.
- Develop, manage, and maintain exportable Link 22 configurations for use across multiple programs, platforms, and customer environments.
- Integrate and configure Link 22 hardware and software components, including System Network Controller (SNC), Signal Processing Controller (SPC), and Link-level COMSEC (LLC) ensuring proper interoperability with platform systems and external networks.
- Design and develop physical architectures incorporating Link 22 alongside complementary tactical data links (e.g., Link 16, VMF) across multiple security domains.
- Design, integrate, and test wideband and narrowband communication systems in support of Link 22 operations.
- Translate customer requests and CONOPS into system-level requirements and ensure proper requirement traceability throughout the program lifecycle.
- Write subsystem specifications based on system-level requirements and evaluate alternative solutions to establish preliminary system designs.
- Review and evaluate electrical wiring diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.
- Develop and execute Link 22 standards compliance and performance test procedures, ensuring system performance and capabilities meet defined system requirements and applicable MIL-STD and STANAG specifications.
- Plan and execute Link 22 interoperability testing in lab and operational environments, including participation in multi-national interoperability events.
- Prepare effective presentations to communicate complex technical information, including Link 22 architecture and configuration details, to non-technical professionals and government customers.
- Develop, author, and implement software and system test plans in a collaborative team environment.
- Develop integration, test, and verification scenarios using Link 22 simulation equipment in support of SW development, integration, and test efforts.
- Work in an agile engineering environment.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience (Software Engineer also considered with relevant experience).
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
- In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Strong understanding of core Systems Engineering requirements development, decomposition, traceability, verification, and validation, with the ability to translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear, testable, and compliant system requirements.
- Prior experience creating tactical datalink (TDL) scenarios in support of software development, integration, and testing phases.
- Proven problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities in complex technical environments.
- Demonstrated, hands-on experience integrating and configuring Link 22 tactical data link systems for airborne or ground-based applications.
- Working knowledge of Link 22 network architecture, NPG design, time slot assignment, and STANAG 5522 message standards.
- Hands-on experience with Curtiss-Wright & Leonardo DRS Link 22 hardware and/or software products.
- Demonstrated experience architecting Link 22 data flows in multi-node, multi-domain network environments.
- Demonstrated experience performing NILE Link 22 standard and conformance testing for NATO weapon system.
- Prior experience working with NILE PMO and NILE GOTS hardware/software.
- Experience integrating with modernized software defined V/UHF software defined radio systems.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance with eligibility for TS/SCI; requires U.S. Citizenship.
Strongly Preferred:- Security+ Certified.
- Experience creating and managing exportable Link 22 configurations for deployment across multiple platforms or customer environments.
- Ability to support flight test/ability to obtain active flight physical.
- Familiarity with Link 22 software updates, version management, and configuration baseline control.
- Experience with Link 16 and/or other tactical data links and their interoperability with Link 22 networks.
- Familiarity with Leonardo DRS and Curtiss-Wright products and their integration within tactical data link and airborne communication architectures.
- Experience working with domestic and foreign subcontractors, and foreign customers.
- Familiarity with multi-national interoperability testing events and coalition data link environments.
- Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
- Hands-on experience testing, integrating, and verifying hardware and/or software systems.
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