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Payload Antenna & Electronics Engineer – TS/SCI Clearance w/CI Poly Required

Location

Chantilly, VA

Job Description

Leffler Consulting is seeking a Payload Antenna and Electronics Engineer to be an integral participant in spacecraft payload Antenna and Electronics requirements development, design analysis, test, and verification. Key areas of focus include antenna design trades, performance predictions and/or evaluations, system impact evaluations, hardware assembly and test, and antenna subsystem integration. The successful candidate will be experienced in assessing the feasibility of new antennas and feed electronics designs, antenna and feed electronics manufacturing, and launch and flight operations of space vehicles. An active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Poly is required.

Duties

• Provide expert advice and coordination concerning antenna and associated electronics development
• Assess feasibility of new antennas and antenna functionality elements
• Review antenna manufacturing specifications for accuracy and ensure documentation is complete and accurate
• Develop antenna models for performance evaluations and predictions
• Review and coordinate changes to specifications, ICDs, and system level requirements documentation for spacecraft
• Track development issues and atends unit, subsystem, system level design reviews
• Identify and assess emerging risks and develop and evaluate proposed burn-down plans
• Review developer’s readiness to proceed into spacecraft test at various levels of assembly

Skill Set:

• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with personnel from multiple functions and at all levels of the customer organization to deliver results
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to be effective on a government/contractor team
• Highly organized with the ability to plan, track, and maintain due dates for multiple taskers and products central to customer acquisition processes

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Required Experience

• A minimum 9 years of relevant experience
• Extensive knowledge of payload digital hardware development and test
• Experience in DoD IC acquisition and program management processes

Desired Education

• Refer to Required Education

Founded in 2001, Leffler Consulting is a women-owned small business (WOSB) headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We provide financial management and life-cycle budget and cost support to our nation’s most critical programs in the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD).  Leffler Consulting specializes in all areas of financial management, audit readiness, and process improvement and controls while also providing a broad array of support functions critical to supporting the mission requirements of our customers.  We offer competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage, paid leave, paid holidays, an employee assistance program, and an employee referral program.