Senior AEHF Communications Engineer

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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, NMT, 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.

• 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.

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience with Military Satellite Communications, especially with EHF, AEHF SATCOM and at least one of the associated Satellite Communications terminals (MILSTAR, FAB-T, FET, SMART-T, GASNT, MMPU, NMT, VPS, SCAMP)
• 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.
• Must have an active Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance with…