Systems Engineer SME

Overview

BAI, a defense contractor, is seeking a Senior Electronic Warfare Subject Matter Expert with 3+ years of experience to work with the F-35 Integrated Product Team (IPT) at NAVAIR Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA. Opportunities for career advancement, excellent benefits, and stability are some of the advantages of our well-established, employee-focused company.

Salary

The typical annual salary range for this position is $100,000 USD to $170,000.00 USD. Salary will be based on current qualifications, directly related experience, geographic location, and possible contractual requirements which could fall outside of this range.

Responsibilities

Serve as Functional and Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) for electronic warfare threats, the AN/ALQ 260 self-contained expendable digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammer, radar data, and test and evaluation.

Core Systems Engineering Functions

• Requirements Analysis & Management
• System Architecture Design

Specialized Technical Areas

• EW Payload Integration
• Cloud engineering

Operational & Support Functions

• Test & Evaluation

Countering Electronic Warfare Threats

• Radar Threat Mitigation
• Counter-Counter Measures

Adaptive Response to Evolving Threats

• Threat Library Management

Integrate intelligence functions to create a feedback loop where systems collect intelligence that improves their own effectiveness while simultaneously supporting broader air warfare operations.

Write and update intermediate and final technical documents including system requirements and design specifications/documents, white papers, and engineering notes.

Lead project-related meetings (milestone reviews, status, design, etc.), and both host and conduct technical meetings and teleconferences.

25% of the work may be at alternate sites - requiring travel within the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS).

Qualifications

• 3-10 years' experience performing the duties described in the functional description.
• 3+ years' electronic warfare experience.
• 3+ years' systems engineering hardware and software experience.
• 3+ years' experience writing and updating system requirements and design specifications/documents, white papers, and engineering notes.
• 3+ years' radar data and threat experience.
• 3+ years' test and evaluation experience.
• Intelligence background and cloud experience s desired.

• Ability to work independently, in a team environment, or lead a small team.
• Working knowledge and use of Microsoft Office suite programs, MS Project, MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills-verbal, non-verbal, written, and listening-for staff, customer, and organizational level communications, both formal and informal.

Education

• MS or MA degree in Engineering or a relevant technical discipline.
• ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: An additional 4 years of relevant work experience, with a bachelor's degree, may be substituted for a master's degree.

Clearance

• Condition of employment - must have and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret Clearance.
• The applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Citizenship

• The applicant must have US citizenship at the time of application.

BAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other non-merit based factors made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.