Sr/ Lead Communications Engineer

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Department Summary:

The mission of the Border Security department is to improve our impact on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations in the areas of border security, law enforcement, and immigration as part of the Center for Securing the Homeland (CSH). Our current work program includes support in the areas of systems engineering, program acquisition and management, sensors and surveillance, communications and networking, digital engineering, and cybersecurity.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide analyses of current and future communications and networking capabilities, derive results from modeling and simulation tools, help develop data-driven actionable recommendations, and present findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Engage with stakeholders to analyze operational requirements, address networking challenges, apply sound technology solutions, and advance the state of communications and networking to benefit the sponsor mission
• Help identify additional project opportunities to expand the technical work portfolio
• Perform wireless engineering, analysis, modeling & simulation, prototyping, and experimentation.
• Contribute to red-team efforts to uncover the root cause of performance issues in complex operational environments

Minimum Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Understanding the details of communications system components, wireless protocols, and the challenges of the wireless channel
• Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: 5G, satellite communications (SATCOM), mesh radios, land mobile radio (LMR), cellular, Wi-Fi, backhaul communications
• Experience with one or more communications system modeling and simulation tools such as STK, MATLAB, Planet, Atoll, SpectrumE, SignalPro, Riverbed Modeler, ns3, ExtendSim, QualNet, etc.
• Detailed technical understanding of government and commercial communications systems and how they can be applied to solve government problems
• Hands-on experience performing wireless and/or SATCOM engineering trade studies, analyses, modeling & simulation, prototyping and experimentation
• Able to lead/contribute to engineering trade studies, performance analyses, architecture design and evaluation activities, and similar efforts
• Customer engagement skills, excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Passionate about staying up to date with emerging technologies through continued learning, active engagement with academia and industry, and a desire to remain hands-on.
• Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment
• Must possess an active Top-Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in more than one computer analysis and/or simulation tools (e.g., STK, MATLAB, Planet, Atoll, SpectrumE, SignalPro, Riverbed Modeler, ns3, ExtendSim, QualNet, Python, C++ programming, etc.)
• Experience using field and lab equipment (oscilloscope, network analyzer, BERT, or spectrum analyzer)
• Advanced degree in radio frequency (RF) communications, wireless networks, electrical engineering, radar/sensor analysis, or related field
• Understanding and experience with RF communications theory, including modulations, link budgets, error correction coding, channel effects, communications protocols, etc.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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