Principal EW Systems Engineer

The Applied Electromagnetics Division (AED) of Applied Research Associates, Inc (ARA) is seeking a Principal EW Systems Engineer to join our team in Dayton, OH as a Group Leader/Project Director and help us develop and expand our EW/RF Engineering business. We are looking for an authority in all aspects of electromagnetic warfare who will help us grow our business with the Department of Defense and the primes. The right candidate will be a leading expert in electromagnetic warfare (EW) and/or radar for either sea, ground, or air-based applications. As a Principal EW Systems Engineer, you will identify, define, and recommend solutions to complex technical problems based on general input from the Government customers.

The successful Principal EW Systems Engineer candidate will:

• Apply subject matter expertise in EW systems, modeling and simulation, and/or adaptive EW applications to grow and lead multidiscipline technical teams
• Establish and execute capture plans to grow ARA's market share in this critical domain
• Lead or contribute to the preparation of technical proposals for new opportunities
• Lead and contribute to business development and R&D projects across ARA
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, customers, and partners to develop solutions that transform to winning opportunities and successfully executed programs
• Grow and lead a team of like-minded engineers and scientists

Required Qualifications:

• US Citizenship and active TS clearance or TS clearance held within the last two years. Ability to obtain SAP/SCI accesses.
• Must live in or be willing to relocate or commute to the Dayton, Ohio area.
• At least ten years in a field of applied electromagnetics, including:
• 8-10 years in electronic warfare, signal processing, and/or RF hardware engineering
• 5 years related experience in project development and execution
• 5 years related radar work
• Superior record of creative work including technical papers and articles as well as disclosures and patents
• Marketing, business development, and proposal writing skills
• Team Player with the ability to work in team environments as individual contributor or as technical lead
• Leadership experience (technical, project and/or prior management experience)

Desired Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or other field related to EW Systems Engineering
• Experience with adaptive EW or AI/ML data manipulation
• Experience with software-/hardware-in-the-loop testing
• Experience with Open Systems Architecture is a plus!
• EW and/or system component manufacturing and integration and test
• Experience with radio frequency system on chip (RFSOC) or field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
• Experience with antennas and broadband multifunction phased array systems development including digital RF modules
• Project Management Professional certification

WORKING WITH OUR TEAM:

This position puts you at the center of a nationally recognized team that is growing. It will give you the freedom and resources to pursue interesting and fulfilling work with the opportunity to grow your own business area and advance your knowledge and skills. Our team has nationally recognized expertise in computational electromagnetics, modeling and simulation, and signal processing bolstered by additional reach-back to expertise in hardware design, test, and rapid prototyping. Our team is comprised of engineers and scientists operating collaboratively across the U.S. to develop and implement solutions to challenging RDT&E problems. Our team is coast-to-coast - performing work from offices in California, Ohio, Michigan, and remotely in New Hampshire and Delaware. We are used to collaborating from geographically dispersed locations and know how to do so without our remote employees feeling like they are on an island. We have anechoic chambers and specialized RF prototyping capabilities that give us a leg up in competing on programs that require system level integration and RF characterization.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1500 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Principal EW Systems Engineer.

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