SATCOM Senior Systems Engineer; Modem

Position: SATCOM Senior Systems Engineer (Modem)
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SATCOM Senior Systems Engineer (Modem)

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K 's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security.

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* Innovative Projects: K 's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

* Collaborative Environment:
Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

* Impactful Work:
Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

The Senior Wideband Anti-Jam Modem (WAM) Systems Engineer will serve as the program's senior technical authority for modem architecture, waveform integration, and anti-jam system performance supporting the government Lead Engineer. This role carries significant technical responsibility - driving architectural conversations and implementation decisions, establishing systems engineering standards, requirements, and representing the governments technical position to various vendors and other government organizations.

The WAM provides wideband protected SATCOM access with integrated anti-jam capability, leveraging both the protected tactical waveform (PTW) and direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS), frequency hopping, and low probability of intercept and detection (LPI/LPD) waveform techniques to support reliable communications in contested and congested electromagnetic environments. The senior engineer will own the modem technical baseline requirements definition through design, integration, verification, and fielding, applying deep domain expertise in waveform theory, and platform communications architecture.

This is a highly visible, technically demanding role requiring the independent ability to evaluate complex modem and RF subsystem performance, lead multi-disciplinary technical trades, and provide technically credible oversight of vendor design and test execution. The ideal candidate brings extensive hands-on experience in protected waveform development, spread spectrum system integration, and DoD ACAT program leadership, and is comfortable engaging senior Government leadership at Flag or SES level.

* Lead the definition and maintenance of the WAM system technical baseline, including modem hardware architecture, waveform interface specifications, anti-jam performance requirements, and system-level performance objectives

* Direct systems engineering execution across all program phases: requirements analysis and decomposition, design oversight, integration planning, verification, and operational test support

* Evaluate the vendors technical position during formal Government design reviews, TRRs, SVRs, and program management reviews, including review of engineering analysis packages and compliance documentation

* Evaluate and guide implementation of anti-jam waveform features including DSSS, frequency hopping, assessing performance against jam resistance, LPI/LPD, and operational link margin requirements

* Lead link budget development, jam-to-signal ratio analysis, interference margin assessment, and RF chain performance modeling for wideband anti-jam operational scenarios

* Provide technical oversight of FPGA-based and SoC-based modem hardware implementation, reviewing hardware/software partitioning decisions and DSP algorithm integration for waveform processing functions

* Define and review system and interface specifications governing WAM integration into platform communications architectures, including ICDs for RF, IF, networking, and control plane interfaces

* Lead technical risk identification and mitigation planning across waveform, RF, digital baseband, and platform integration domains; brief risk posture and mitigation strategies to program leadership and Government customers

* Serve as the primary technical representative for…