Director, EW Core Tech
$220,000–$292,000 year
On-siteCosta Mesa, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead technical vision and direction across the Electromagnetic Warfare portfolio, guiding product strategy from concept screening through manufacturing readiness reviews and change control boards. Manage cross-functional engineering teams to deliver integrated RF systems for ground, maritime, air, and space missions, overseeing new product development, sustainment, and program capture for the joint force. Partner with customers and stakeholders to define technical strategy, refine lightweight guardrails for chaotic development cycles, and mentor chief engineers executing complex programs on aggressive timelines.
Required Qualifications
- A burning, inextinguishable desire to disrupt the status quo, develop novel solutions for mass distribution, and run through brick walls to deliver strategically-impactful outcomes for the warfighter.
- 10+ Years of experience developing integrated RF solutions for the US Department of War and US Intelligence Community across ground, maritime, air, and space domains.
- Experience designing, developing, and testing hardware with FPGA, ARM, x86, and GPU compute architecture.
- Deep understanding of Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) architecture-Digital Signal Processing, Model & Simulation, SW/FW-techniques, RF/EE/Antenna design.
- Experience leading and coordinating cross-functional engineering teams.
- Experience executing technical millstones internally and externally (Concept Review, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.).
- Enthusiasm around mentorship.
- Willingness to travel up to 20%
- Currently posses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Desired Qualifications
- Masters or PhD degree in Hardware or Software Engineering Disciplines or related fields.
- Breadth of experience in cUAS, cPNT, MM-ECM, airborne countermeasures, airborne survivability, electronic intelligence, signals intelligence, communications, and/or other advanced RF effects.
- Experience producing RF systems at scale.
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