RF Antenna Systems Engineer

4 weeks ago


Chantilly, Virginia, United States KBR Full time
Job Title: RF Antenna Engineer

KBR is seeking a highly skilled RF Antenna Engineer to support the SSPO Payload Engineering Branch (PEB) in a government/contractor team environment.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide primary support to the customer, including expert advice on antenna development, test, verification, validation, integration, and end-to-end RF system performance activities.
  • Assist in identifying, tracking, evaluating, and mitigating technical, financial, and schedule risks, participating in the PEB and contractor risk management processes.
  • Coordinate across the SPO for proposed changes, support requirements activities with development contractors, and assist in flow-down of requirements from higher-level documents.
  • Monitor, review, and support payload, subsystem, and unit test and verification/validation planning and execution, coordinating SME review and performing independent assessments of validation and verification adequacy.
  • Attend segment-level design reviews and program management reviews to assess design maturity, requirements compliance, and provide informed technical recommendations to the USG.
  • Identify and assess emerging risks, develop and evaluate proposed burn-down plans, and support technical evaluations of contractor proposals.
  • Review complex technical design documentation and provide formal and informal feedback to the COTR, Subject Matter Experts, and other customer personnel.
  • Consult with mission analysis and acquisition teams to ensure completeness across the acquisition, develop productive relationships with prime contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other spacecraft subsystem subject matter experts.
  • Advise and mentor USG Payload Branch personnel regarding RF antenna requirements and verification, evaluate contractor analysis, and deliver analytic findings to the customer.
  • Support and assist the customer in oversight of major program development milestones, evaluate vendor schedules and resource estimates to perform work, and support payload activation and characterization.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering and ten years of satellite RF antenna engineering and requirements management experience.
  • Basic understanding of DOD/IC satellite systems and architectures.
  • Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building, and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment.
  • Experience in DOD/IC acquisition and program management processes, development of DOD/IC mission payloads, associated phenomenology, and their effective integration into system-level architectures.
  • Working knowledge of the requirements process across a program's lifecycle, familiarity with Earned Value measurement processes, and demonstrated ability to take complex technical issues and present them in a form and format suitable for decision.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated sustained superior performance.
  • Available to travel domestically.
Security Clearance Requirements:

Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status, and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.



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