Senior Communications Engineer (Air and Space Force Center)

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Department Summary :

MITRE's Nuclear Weapons and C2 Systems Department is seeking a Senior Communications Engineer to provide expertise and support to the most critical challenges our sponsors and their missions face.

We provide technical guidance through rigorous modeling, simulation, and analytical methods to enhance program decision making and risk management.

Our main sponsors possess the policy, warfighting, organizational, and program responsibilities within the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise.

Key Responsibilities :

• Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis to ensure delivery of safe, reliable, and effective weapon system communications and networking systems.
• Help shape workplans that support our Air Force Nuclear Enterprise sponsors by understanding their needs and helping them solve their toughest problems.
• Lead and contribute to technical products that enable data-driven decisions and result in impactful mission outcomes.

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a STEM field and 5 years of communications engineering experience or related experience, or 3 years and a Master’s degree, or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step;

or equivalent combination of related education and work experience

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills for interaction with team members, work leaders, and sponsors.
• Knowledge and experience in communications theory and RF link engineering.
• Moderate proficiency in MATLAB and Python.
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / SCI clearance.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications :

• MS electrical engineering.
• Knowledge and experience in modern cellular systems, microwave communications, or antenna design.
• Knowledgeable in current and evolving DoD and commercial communications systems.
• Knowledge of command-and-control systems, cyber security, and / or cryptography.
• Knowledge and experience in network design and network protocols TCP / IP).
• Experience with Systems Tool Kit (STK), SysML, Atoll, HFSS, Feko, or Riverbed Modeler
• Possess an active DoD top secret clearance.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s) :

Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s) :

Top Secret / SCI

Work Location Type : Onsite

Onsite

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