Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-11
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering
At K , we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. K employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. K is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of K 's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.
Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.
Candidates who join K 's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.
K is seeking a Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer to support the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO(U&W)), Program Management Air (PMA)-266. This position supports the MQ-9 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), Expeditionary (MUX) Family of Systems and associated airborne Electronic Warfare capabilities. The selected candidate will serve as a technical lead for the integration, certification, testing, fielding, and sustainment of advanced EW systems and payloads while supporting engineering, acquisition, and operational objectives.
This role requires close collaboration with government, industry, test, and fleet stakeholders to ensure EW capabilities are effectively integrated into operational systems and meet mission requirements. The position offers the opportunity to directly influence future unmanned aviation survivability, electromagnetic spectrum operations, and advanced sensing capabilities supporting the Fleet.
- Serve as the program's Electronic Warfare subject matter expert, providing technical recommendations and engineering assessments supporting acquisition, integration, fielding, and sustainment decisions.
- Provide technical leadership for the integration, testing, certification, and sustainment of EW payloads and mission systems on the MQ-9 MUX MALE platform.
- Develop, decompose, trace, and manage EW system requirements across aircraft, payload, ground control station, and mission system architectures.
- Support development, integration, and assessment of Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP) capabilities.
- Conduct technical trade studies, analyses of alternatives, and engineering assessments to evaluate EW technologies, architectures, and mission solutions.
- Support electromagnetic spectrum operations, RF compatibility assessments, and spectrum certification activities to ensure compliance with applicable standards and operational requirements.
- Perform end-to-end technical integration of EW payloads with aircraft systems, mission processors, communications architectures, and Ground Control Stations.
- Plan, coordinate, and support laboratory, ground, and flight test activities, including verification of requirements, certification objectives, and operational effectiveness.
- Support System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), and other technical review events.
- Evaluate EW system performance against operational requirements, threat environments, and mission objectives, identifying risks and recommending corrective actions.
- Shape EW collection, Electronic Support Measures (ESM), and mission-data workflows while ensuring interoperability with Joint and Naval aviation architectures.
- Support development of airworthiness, certification, technical manual, training, and sustainment documentation required for fielding and lifecycle support.
- Collaborate with program managers, engineers, test teams, operators, and industry partners to ensure EW systems…
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