Title:  Multi-Function RF Technical Director - Strategic Growth Division Staff

Job Title: Senior Scientist, Project Engineering, Multi-Function RF Technical Director

Job Code: 40568

Job Location: Plano, TX OR Greenville, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.

Job Description:

The Strategic Growth and Advanced Solutions Divisions are seeking a Multi-Function RF Subject Matter expert to shape technical opportunities and investments, while guiding a variety of platform architectural designs to successfully capture opportunity within an expanding AEW&C franchise and a fielded fleet of International Missionized Business Jets (MBJ).  From driving technical solutions at platform level to establishing implementations on a diverse array of active RF elements and subsystems, the Multi-Function RF Technical Director is empowered to bring state-of-the-art technology to our customers, while solving some of the most challenging defense and intelligence issues facing our FVEYS, NATO and Allied partners worldwide.  

Essential Functions:

• System Design Analysis to guide architectural trades based on RF systems performance.
• IRAD technical leadership for both industry and customer led demonstrations.
• Translation of user/customer ConOps into the best-balanced system solutions, including Technical Baseline definition and cost/risk.
• Research and Development focal with Strategic Suppliers and FFRDC counterparts for Platform utility and force effectiveness/Ops Analysis.
• Proliferation, scaling and system design integration of latest Active RF offerings across all Engineering disciplines.
• Active Top-Secret Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI access.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related engineering experience.
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 19 years of prior related engineering experience.
• Demonstrated advanced business knowledge and highest level of technical mastery in functional area.
• Demonstrated leadership capability to guide business or functional teams without formal management role.
• Demonstrated experience in defense related development of RF systems, sensors and/or ISR platforms.
• Demonstrated experience in Multi-Function Digital Aperture and Multi-Function Processor technology development.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of project execution best practices.
• Demonstrated System Engineering fundamentals.
• Ownership of cost-schedule-technical continuum of execution.
• Ability to present highly technical topics with confidence, clarity and charisma to Customers and Executive leadership alike.
• Ability to rapidly become engrained in a fast-moving business wholeness meeting a time to market window of opportunity.
• Experience with Exportability of technology and systems through both FMS and DCS channels.

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