Electrical Engineer, Senior

DCS has an exciting opportunity for an Senior Electrical Engineer to support the Aerospace Dominance Enabler Division (AFLCMC/HBZ)at Hill AFB in Ogden Utah. 

HBZ functions as the Air Force’s technical, acquisition and sustainment experts providing unique and comprehensive support to the warfighter. The ADE Division is responsible for a vast array of USAF systems to include Electronic Warfare, Range Systems, Range Instrumentation, Air Combat Training and Aircrew Readiness, Command and Control Systems, Advanced Radar Threat Systems, Combat Survivor Evader Locator, P5 Combat Training Systems, Black Switch and Legacy Voice Systems. Furthermore, the ADE Division provides support to depot level sustainment and maintenance efforts, FMS, U.S. Army, Navy, Pacific Air Forces, Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), and Air Education and Training Command (AETC) on a continuous basis.

Essential Job Functions:

In this position you will provide Electrical Engineering support for programs and projects. Support involves all the system engineering research, design, development, installation, testing, and operation aspects of the systems under the responsibility of the IPT. You effectively apply practical engineering knowledge of a wide range of established system engineering principles, concepts and methods, with an emphasis on electrical engineering while ensuring OSS&E is considered in all activities.

Duties include, but not limited to: 

Provide system engineering review and analysis of assigned systems throughout the conceptual, demonstration and validation, engineering, manufacturing development, production and development and operations and support phase

Develop and/or originate new features in added to improving, extending, or validating currently known percents, data, methods, or techniques

Assist in translating DoD user requirements into system requirements, which is used to design, develop, fabricate, test, and evaluate systems, subsystems, and equipment

Review overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability) requirements

Assist in the development of system specifications and system architecture products

Perform independent analysis of proposed engineering changes, specifications and provide the Government POC with their evaluation and recommendations on the acceptability of vendor proposals

Support life cycle cost evaluations on proposed systems and components

Assist with test and evaluation support including test planning, test conduct and evaluation of test results against operational requirements to include participating in Integrated Team, Test Readiness Reviews, and other related system or program events and assisting in the determination of capability and availability of major DoD and civilian test resources and facilities

Assist in scheduling and securing required test resources in support of project and program office objectives

Monitor, assess status, and report on T&E efforts of all types of systems

Assist in designing, planning, execution, analysis, reporting, and documentation during any phase of test and evaluation programs, including applicable certifications and procedures, to assess the performance of systems, subsystems, components, and equipment

Support the development of system and program’s technical plans to include the review of technical documents, participation on program or system working groups, tracking status of risk and issue resolution, review of test plans, procedures, and data, and support of special studies to define alternative approaches

Tasks may also include supporting Foreign Military Sales

Required Skills:

Must be a US citizen

Must hold an active Secret clearance 

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD OR

15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, eight of which must be in the DoD

Experience  and/or  training  in  the  following  electrical  engineering  areas:  design, development, circuit analysis, RF chain sub-specialties (including antenna design, high power transmitters and amplifiers, receiver processing, etc.) electro-mechanical controls, modeling & simulation, test & evaluation, foreign ground radar intelligence experience or application to DoD systems, DoD Acquisition processes, technical data package development and sustainment, and principles of configuration management 

Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training/development of tactics, techniques, and procedures and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems are desired

Familiarity with foreign ground radar

Desired Skills:

Master’s Degree in a professional engineering discipline and at least 3 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

Additional Information:

Location: Hill AFB Ogden UT

Job Requirements: