Title:

Position Summary:

KBR is seeking an exceptionally experienced Technical Fellow- or SME-level Electronic Warfare Engineering professional to support a U.S. Government program office responsible for a portfolio of advanced long-range weapon systems. This position will provide technical counsel across electronic warfare, electronic protection, electronic attack, electromagnetic-spectrum operations, system survivability, and mission effectiveness. The ideal candidate is a recognized expert who can translate highly complex engineering concepts into clear, decision-relevant information for senior Government leaders while also engaging at full technical depth with Government and industry engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted senior technical advisor to Government program leadership on electronic warfare, electronic protection, electronic attack, electromagnetic-spectrum operations, survivability, and mission effectiveness across the long-range systems portfolio.
• Communicate highly complex electronic warfare concepts, technical risks, tradeoffs, and test results to senior leaders and other Government personnel in clear, concise, mission-focused terms that enable informed acquisition and program decisions.
• Engage directly with Government and industry engineers at the detailed technical level to examine architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, models, test approaches, anomalies, and proposed solutions; challenge assumptions and drive technically sound resolution of complex issues.
• Evaluate contractor electronic warfare concepts, architectures, designs, development plans, technical baselines, performance claims, risk-reduction activities, maturation strategies, and integration approaches for long-range weapon systems.
• Assess electronic protection capabilities that enable weapon-system operation in contested and denied electromagnetic environments, including anti-jam performance, interference mitigation, frequency agility, signal authentication, resilience to deception, and protection of navigation, communications, datalinks, seekers, and other mission-critical functions.
• Assess electronic attack capabilities, techniques, and integration approaches, including stand-in or collaborative effects, onboard and offboard coordination, waveform and technique development, targeting and engagement logic, electromagnetic compatibility, and operational employment considerations.
• Evaluate electronic warfare requirements, threat representations, mission scenarios, measures of effectiveness, technical performance measures, specifications, interface definitions, verification methods, and requirements traceability.
• Analyze threat radar, communications, datalink, navigation-warfare, and other electromagnetic-system characteristics; assess implications for weapon survivability, penetration, targeting, terminal effectiveness, and mission success.
• Evaluate integration of electronic warfare capabilities with seekers, guidance and navigation, mission computers, datalinks, antennas, apertures, power and thermal systems, software, flight controls, platforms, offboard sensors, and collaborative weapon architectures.
• Assess modeling and simulation, digital engineering, laboratory, software- and hardware-in-the-loop, installed-system, captive-carry, open-air range, flight-test, and live-fire approaches used to verify electronic warfare performance and mission effectiveness.
• Analyze test data, anomalies, failure investigations, root-cause assessments, corrective actions, and technical trade studies; identify implications for performance, survivability, safety, cost, schedule, integration, production, and fielding risk.
• Lead or support technical reviews, design reviews, test readiness reviews, program reviews, proposal evaluations, source selections, independent assessments, and other acquisition activities requiring authoritative electronic warfare expertise.
• Evaluate the effects of evolving threats, countermeasures, low-probability-of-intercept or detection techniques, adaptive waveforms, cognitive electronic warfare, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and advanced signal-processing approaches on portfolio requirements and technical strategies.
• Research and synthesize relevant technologies, threat developments, lessons learned, test results, and operational insights from across the Department of War, intelligence community, allied programs, industry, and the broader technology base.
• Develop independent technical assessments, risk summaries, decision papers, briefing materials, technical roadmaps, test recommendations, and courses of action for Government stakeholders.
• Advise Government leaders on the electronic-warfare implications of acquisition strategies, contractor proposals, architecture trades, technical baselines, test results, schedule assumptions, production decisions, and fielding plans.

Work Environment

• Location: On-site, Eglin AFB, FL
• Travel Requirements: approximately 25%
• Working Hours: Standard work schedule; core hours 0900–1500

Qualifications

Required

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• 20+ years of progressively responsible experience in electronic warfare, electronic protection, electronic attack, electromagnetic-spectrum operations, radar or communications systems, weapon-system survivability, or closely related defense engineering domains.
• Recognized technical expertise in electronic warfare engineering, with substantial experience supporting the design, development, integration, analysis, test, evaluation, or technical oversight of advanced defense systems.
• Demonstrated experience with both electronic protection and electronic attack as applied to weapon systems, airborne platforms, collaborative systems, mission systems, or other complex defense capabilities.
• Experience supporting long-range weapons, air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles, precision-guided munitions, penetrating systems, advanced aircraft, or comparable high-consequence weapon-system programs.
• Deep understanding of electromagnetic phenomenology, radar and communications fundamentals, signal processing, antenna and aperture performance, waveforms, interference, jamming and counter-jamming, deception, geolocation, threat systems, and system-level integration.
• Experience evaluating technical requirements, architectures, algorithms, contractor designs, modeling and simulation results, test plans, test data, anomalies, countermeasure effectiveness, and technical risk.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex engineering concepts to senior leaders and non-specialist Government stakeholders while also conducting detailed technical discussions with Government and industry engineers.

Desired

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 25–30+ years of electronic warfare, electromagnetic-spectrum operations, radar, communications, survivability, mission-systems, or advanced weapon-system engineering experience.
• Technical Fellow, Chief Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, Senior Scientist, recognized subject-matter expert, or equivalent experience providing enterprise- or portfolio-level technical leadership.
• Experience developing or evaluating advanced electronic protection techniques, electronic attack techniques, cognitive or adaptive electronic warfare, artificial intelligence or machine learning applications, advanced waveforms, sensor fusion, or collaborative electromagnetic effects.
• Experience assessing electronic warfare performance against modern integrated air-defense systems, advanced radar and communications threats, navigation warfare, low-probability-of-intercept or detection systems, adaptive threats, and dense or contested electromagnetic environments.
• Experience planning, executing, or independently evaluating laboratory, modeling and simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, open-air range, flight-test, and live-fire electronic warfare test programs.
• Experience evaluating contractor proposals, technical baselines, statements of work, specifications, test strategies, cost and schedule assumptions, source-selection materials, or corrective-action plans in support of Government acquisition decisions.
• Prior experience advising senior Government acquisition leaders, operational commanders, program executive officers, portfolio leaders, chief engineers, or comparable executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience working with highly classified threat, intelligence, or special-access information desired.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of advanced long-range weapon systems and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.