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General Atomics · 4 months ago

Senior Staff Project Engineer Tactical Data Links

Poway California

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$128K/yr - $229K/yr

8+ years exp

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a leader in Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles and advanced defense technologies. They are seeking a Senior Staff Project Engineer to lead Tactical Data Link solutions, driving mission architecture and integration across multiple UAS platforms to achieve strategic advantages in contested environments.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Project Engineering: lead multi-disciplinary teams, innovate, design, integrate, test, qualify, and rapidly field advanced technologies and mission systems onto autonomous UCAV

Data Link Expertise: Represent the tactical data links, communication, and networking sub-systems architecture and optimization across the platform sub-systems; Link 16, TTNT, UHF, VHF, IFF-T/I, SATCOM, Starshield, LPI/LPD waveforms, Encrypted Comms, and Next-Generation data link communication networks

Fighter Expertise: leverages fighter-to-fighter tactical data link expertise to design and architect UCAV air dominance network topologies, network management, and digital data Interoperability

Mission Architect: Lead design, drive selection of hardware & software, integrate and test communications networks across a variety of platforms and systems with a focus on battlespace awareness, C2, and digital data Interoperability. Support mission architecture implementations and designs, focused on driving interoperability through Open Architectures (e.g. AMS GRA), and Autonomy & AI

Develop Artifacts: create specifications block diagrams, system interconnect diagrams, and define wire interfaces and ICDs for UCAV data link communication systems

Test & Evaluate: Configure, integrate, simulate, test, and evaluate tactical data link networks and topologies

Team Leadership: Lead Functional Engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business and strategic objectives, and allocating technical resources to achieve stated and program objectives

Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment and build consensus for technical solutions between GA functional engineering departments, program management, external GA P&Ls, and customer stakeholders

Program Execution: Lead diverse multi-functional engineering teams to meet critical program milestones and successfully execute programs within defined cost and schedule parameters. Establish and maintain consistent team expectations, ensure resources and skillsets are available to support technical work products

Customer Engagement: Represent programs as the engineering lead, ensuring consistent and appropriate messaging to external customer stakeholders, PoR representatives across the DoD, industry partners, subcontractors, and senior internal/executive stakeholders

Proposals: Support engineering estimates and proposals in response to customer and leadership directives

Technical Reviews: Perform system analysis, conduct trade studies, author technical white papers, and generate customer technical data packages. Complete, document, and present System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), and Critical Design Reviews (CDR)

Qualification

Tactical Data Link expertiseEngineering principlesHardwareSoftware integrationProject ManagementMulti-INT systemsCybersecurityArtificial IntelligenceLeadership skillsEffective communicationCustomer-focused

Required

Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; fifteen or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, thirteen or more years of experience with a masters degree, or ten or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education

Proven ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them in a dynamic work environment

Demonstrates technical expertise in the application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice as well as project management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones

Experience in developing and integrating hardware and software with various engineering disciplines, including Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Cyber, Autonomy, AI/ML, and Software

Direct Technical expertise and experience with more than one of the following; Link 16, TTNT, UHF, VHF, IFF-T/I, SATCOM, Starshield, LPI/LPD waveforms, Encrypted Comms, and Next-Generation data link communication networks

Experience in one or more of the following technologies: Multi-Mode Radars, EO/IR systems, Advanced IRST, Electronic Warfare systems, Multi-INT systems, Countermeasures, Communications, Tactical Datalinks, Automation, Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence (A3I), HMI/UI, Cybersecurity, Software Architectures, Open Architectures and Standards (AMS GRA, OMS, FACE, STANAG), Networking, Modeling & Simulation

Product Management, Proposal Development, Basis of Estimation, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); Commercial and/or DoD Product development experience

Ability to resolve complex technical problems

Strong leadership and team management skills

Effective communication skills with the ability to build enterprise relationships and manage customer expectations

Must be customer-focused, able to work independently and in a team environment