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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems · 8 hours ago

RF Payload Engineer

Poway, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$116K/yr - $209K/yr

10+ years exp

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a world leader in remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars. The RF Payload Engineer will be responsible for overseeing the technical roadmap, ensuring product continuity, and driving innovation while working with a multidisciplinary team on hardware integration, software development, and RF communication systems.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Demonstrated ability to develop expertise and become the subject matter expert and technological champion in the relevant capabilities

Understanding of change management and manufacturing principles to maintain a product portfolio

Transitions high TRL demonstrated payloads into mature payload solutions for long-term mission capabilities across GA-ASI platforms

Leads diverse multi-function engineering teams, meeting critical program milestones, and successfully executing programs within the defined cost and schedule

Represents programs as the face of engineering ensure consistent and appropriate messaging to internal and external stakeholders

Supports engineering estimates and proposals during business development and shaping activities

Develops program plans, estimates, schedules and execute programs to ensure programmatic and technical success

Perform system analysis, 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)

Represent company at technical reviews, customer meetings and system level integrations

Supports mission architecture implementations and designs

Supports payload compatibility and enhancement for initiatives such as Open Architectures (OMS, FACE, CESMO, etc.), Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence, fusion, track management, and other interoperability capabilities

Supports the development of test plans and manage the integration, verification and validation new capabilities and technologies

Supports development of business/strategic objectives and system concept-of-operations

Qualification

RF communication systemsProject engineeringPayload integrationTechnical leadershipMulti-Mode RadarsEO/IR systemsElectronic Warfare systemsSoftware EngineeringCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsProblem-solving skillsTeamwork

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; twelve or more years of experience with a Bachelors degree, ten or more years of experience with a Masters degree, or seven or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education

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

Must have previous experience in Technical, Project Engineering or similar role, and experience in technical leadership with an emphasis on project execution as well as product innovation

Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, and government representatives

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

Must possess the ability to resolve complex technical problems

Previous experience in developing and integrating hardware and software with various engineering disciplines including Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Cyber and Software

Demonstrates technical expertise and experience with GA-ASI Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) & platforms, and quickly understand critical interfaces including MQ-9, MQ-1 and Avenger

Plans and leads development efforts that may require extensive Software Engineering scope

Candidate should have experience in one or more of the following technologies: Multi-Mode Radars, EO/IR systems, Advance 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 (OMS, FACE, STANAG, etc), Networking, Modeling & Simulation

Must be customer focused, must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment

Willingness and ability to support new business development efforts are essential and required

Preferred

Candidate is desired to have experience with Product Management, Proposal Development, Basis of Estimation, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); Commercial and/or DOD Product development

Knowledge of DoD requirements generation and military system acquisition processes is highly desirable

Ability to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance is highly desired