Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory · 4 days ago
Communications Electronic Warfare Engineer
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Communications Electronic Warfare Engineer to characterize communication systems and evaluate their behavior in contested environments. The role involves planning tests, analyzing data, developing electronic countermeasure algorithms, applying modeling and simulation, and communicating recommendations to sponsors and teammates.
EducationNational DefenseNational SecurityUniversities
No H1BSecurity Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Your primary responsibility will be to assess communication systems using analysis, modeling, simulation, and test, with an emphasis on electronic-warfare-relevant applications
You will contribute to system analyses by developing algorithms and techniques to be used as electronic countermeasures
You will apply communications theory, signal processing, and numerical tools to understand system behavior, estimate technique requirements, and evaluate practical trade-offs
You will communicate clear findings to sponsors and teammates, including recommendations for program direction, operational considerations, and areas for further investigation
Qualification
Required
Possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field with relevant coursework or experience in communications, signals and systems, RF, or digital signal processing
Have at least three years of relevant experience with commercial or military communications systems, RF systems, electronic warfare systems, or related activities
Are familiar with signals and systems or digital signal processing concepts, including Fourier transforms, sampling and aliasing, filtering and frequency response, time-frequency analysis, SNR analysis, and related RF analysis products
Have experience using MATLAB, Python, or similar numerical tools for modeling, simulation, measurement analysis, or digital signal processing
Are able to occasionally travel to off-site government facilities
Are able to obtain an interim Secret security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain and maintain a TS/SCI-level security clearance and meet SAP eligibility requirements
Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship
Preferred
Have experience characterizing communication systems in electronic-warfare-relevant environments, including identifying potential electronic attack approaches or estimating jamming power and technique requirements
Have assessed how jamming technique effectiveness requirements translate to platform-level performance, operational effectiveness, or tactics recommendations
Bring depth in advanced communications or signal-processing topics, such as spectrograms, wavelets, channel estimation, adaptive modulation and coding, error control coding, or multiple-access techniques
Communicate analysis and test outcomes clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders, including practical recommendations and known limitations
Benefits
A robust education assistance program
Unparalleled retirement contributions
A healthy work/life balance
Bonuses or other forms of compensation may be offered per internal policy and/or contractual designation
Sign-on bonus may be provided
Relocation benefits may be provided
Locality allowance may be provided
Discretionary payments for exceptional performance may be provided
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Education assistance
Training and development
Company
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Research and development for national security and scientific challenges.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2023-01-17Grant
Leadership Team
Minh Huebner
CFO and the Business, Construction and Facilities Department Head
Ann Kedia
Communications Department Head / Chief Communications Officer
Recent News
2026-07-08
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