DCS has an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Engineer to support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/PEO Digital Directorate (AFLCMC/ESDI). The Air Force Program Execution Office for PEO Digital (AFPEO/HB) has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to manage and execute the modernization, development, testing, production, fielding, and sustainment of the PEO Digital portfolio, which includes over 130 programs for the United States Air Force (USAF) and foreign allies. AFLCMC/PEO Digital Directorate is headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA with geographically separated operating units CONUS and OCONUS.
Essential Job Functions:
Provide system engineering review and analysis of assigned systems throughout all acquisition phases, including conceptual, demonstration, validation, engineering, manufacturing development, production, deployment, and sustainment.
Assist in translating DoD user requirements into system requirements for design, development, fabrication, testing, and evaluation of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
Develop and refine features to improve, extend, or validate current methods, data, or techniques.
Review overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability) requirements.
Assist in the development of system specifications and architecture products.
Perform independent analysis of engineering changes, specifications, and vendor proposals, providing recommendations to Government points of contact.
Support life cycle cost evaluations of proposed systems and components.
Provide test and evaluation support, including planning, execution, and analysis, and participate in Integrated Test Teams, Test Readiness Reviews, and related program events.
Schedule and secure test resources to meet program office objectives.
Monitor and report on test and evaluation (T&E) activities across all systems.
Support design, planning, analysis, reporting, and documentation during any T&E phase, including applicable certifications and procedures.
Contribute to technical plans by reviewing documents, supporting working groups, tracking risk and issue resolution, and conducting special studies to define alternative approaches.
Support Foreign Military Sales activities as required.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Must hold an active Secret clearance.
Bachelor's Degree in a professional engineering discipline and at least 5 years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, 3 of which must be in the DoD, OR 7+ years of directly related experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD.
Experience and/or training in the following electrical engineering areas:
Design, development, and circuit analysis
RF chain sub-specialties (antenna design, high power transmitters/amplifiers, receiver processing, etc.)
Electro-mechanical controls
Modeling and simulation
Test and evaluation
Technical data package development and sustainment
Principles of configuration management
DoD Acquisition processes
Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations, including live aircrew training, TTP development, and Range Infrastructure architectures/systems.
Familiarity with foreign ground radar intelligence or application to DoD systems.
Desired Skills:
Master’s Degree in a professional engineering discipline and at least years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, 3 of which must be in the DoD, Degree from an ABET-accredited educational program.
Travel may be required at the customer’s discretion.
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