Title:
Communications Systems Engineer
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Position Description:
KBR is seeking an Engineer that has experience working with communications hardware and standards used by US Military Systems and Networks. Candidates must possess relevant engineering experience in development and implementation of Military Ground or Air Defense Systems. The Engineer in this role will be part of a team of engineers and analysts supporting the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office. This candidate will help oversee all phases of his assigned project from design conception to fielding, participate in high profile meetings and have the ability to brief technical results and report back to his respective United States Government (USG) stakeholder(s).
The Communications Systems Engineer provides technical and programmatic support to the Patriot Ground Support Equipment (PGSE) product office within IFMC. Primary duties include formulating/defining and performing systems engineering/analysis criteria and objectives for assigned programs. Assist in the development and review of system requirements and test objectives. Evaluate potential hardware solutions for meeting system requirements and evaluate test results for objective accomplishment. Responsible for program development/design, testing, and documentation.
Key activities:
Provide tactical communications systems and tactical data link engineering support for all relative communication systems. Conduct independent technical analysis, evaluation, and assessment of communications networks/hardware/systems for requirement compliance, interoperability, obsolescence mitigation and Defense planning. Assist in development of integrated test plans, participate in, and document test events. Support Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside of Continental United States (OCONUS) technical meetings, program reviews, working groups and events. Combine efforts with the PGSE to provide technical support to the Security Assistance Management Directorate (SAMD) for communications related Foreign Military Sales (FMS) activities.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
U.S. Citizen with active Secret security clearance or with the ability to obtain and maintain one
Minimum of 15 years of experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD)
Proficient in Microsoft Office products
Ability to travel up to 20%
Preferred Qualifications:
Background in Systems Engineering for Communication systems.
Experience supporting Army Air Defense systems.
Familiarity with Military Standards for Tactical Data Links including MIL-STD-6016, MIL-STD-3011, etc.
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