F-Communications Engineer, Senior

JOB TITLE:F-35 Communications Engineer, Senior

Location:Arlington, VA (Crystal City)

Category: Funded

Schedule (FT/PT): FT

Travel Required: N/A

Shift: Day

Remote Type: On-site

Clearance required: Active Secret Clearance

Division:Aviation

Job Description:

The F-35 Communications Engineer serves as one of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) Interoperability (IO) Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with a primary focus in providing tactical datalinks and intra-flight communications IO-related analytical and design expertise. The F-35 JPO develops, tests, produces, fields, and sustains F-35 Fifth-Generation combat capability for the United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps along with Partner and Foreign Military Sales nations around the world.

This position supports the F-35 IO Government Lead and serves as the primary IO-related requirements oversight lead for the F-35 IO Team.

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrating interface development, implementation, and sustainment upgrades to the F-35 airborne communications capabilities
• Coordinating F-35 airborne communications IO (joint tactical datalinks/ communications) implementation positions with the U.S. Military Services, Partner Nations, and all FMS cases -- includes establishing specific military standards compliant Link-16 as well as F-35-unique Multi-function Advanced Data Link (MADL) message sets with minimum data link implementation recommendations
• Validating F-35 airborne communications-related Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) and associated external IO architecture development -- Includes systems-level IO interface assessments and technical inputs to ensure F-35 information exchanges and the associated communications interface design will satisfy U.S. Military Services and Partner Nation IO requirements within the F-35 joint/coalition operational environment
• Managing F-35 IO-related requirements documents and Proposed Specification Change Notices (PSCNs) inputs to ensure properly integration of IO-related capabilities -- Works directly with the F-35 Prime Contractor engineering staff to update/maintain the F-35 Operational Requirements Specification (ORS)
• Assisting in addressing airborne communications IO assessments of U.S. Military Services/Partner Nation IO-related Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) to ensure airborne communications IO interface requirements are properly integrated in associated F‑35 requirements documents/contract specifications and that the planned/implemented F‑35 communications IO interface design implementation meets joint and coalition force needs
• Supporting airborne communications IO verification test planning and execution to ensure IO-related requirements are adequately verified. Provides IO-related verification requirements and associated C4I support inputs to the F‑35 Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
• Preparing and/or contributes to presentations on IO-related program status/accomplishments, issues identification/resolution, and verification support requirements to F‑35 Operational Advisory Group, Requirements Working Group, Senior Warfighters Group, and JSF Executive Steering Board (JSEB) deliberations as well as during IO Advisory Group (IAG) and Lockheed Martin IO‑related reviews
• Participating in joint and Military Service‑specific tactical data link governing bodies and represents the F‑35 JPO in U.S. Government working group deliberations tied to establishing joint/commercial tactical communications policy

• SECRET Clearance with eligibility for SAR
• 10 years of systems‑to‑systems level interface analysis experience in an engineering or technical position of which:
• Four years were in a test and evaluation (developmental and/or operational) environment supporting a DoD ACAT‑I Acquisition…