NAVWAR Engineer
Company: Vets Hired
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: February 8, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Job Summary We are seeking a
Modeling and Simulation Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support
advanced navigation warfare (NAVWAR) missions focused on ensuring
positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) superiority. This role
provides executive-level technical insight and hands-on engineering
support for developing, analyzing, and testing innovative RF,
electronic warfare (EW), and signal processing solutions in support
of complex defense missions. The ideal candidate will contribute to
research, development, modeling, simulation, and system integration
efforts across airborne and distributed sensing environments,
supporting both friendly force protection and threat mitigation
initiatives. Responsibilities Provide executive-level technical
insight and subject matter expertise for NAVWAR engineering
initiatives. Conduct research and development of multi-function,
small form-factor payloads supporting NAVWAR missions. Develop,
model, and analyze novel algorithmic concepts to enable distributed
electronic sensing effects. Apply EW signal processing algorithms
for threat detection, identification, and countermeasure
employment. Design systems supporting GPS and PNT hardening to
mitigate denial and deception effects. Develop RF hardware and
software solutions integrating EW, communications, and radar
capabilities into compact payloads. Investigate heterogeneous
sensing concepts across manned, unmanned, airborne, and ISR
platforms, including passive sensing approaches. Design, implement,
and execute testing of RF and SDR-based systems , including
hardware components. Reverse engineer existing signal processing
solutions to enhance system performance. Synthesize, allocate, and
derive system requirements to ensure architectures are complete,
compliant, and mission-aligned. Support development and
implementation of RF solution requirements , including services,
products, and airborne mission technologies. Perform
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) testing on systems impacted by PNT/GPS
denial or deception. Support technical reviews of vendor hardware,
software, interfaces, algorithms, and simulation models. Research
and evaluate state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms and
emerging technologies. Collaborate with internal and external
stakeholders to integrate solutions across diverse mission
applications. Debug, test, and validate capabilities using unit
testing and operational scenario analysis. QualificationsRequired
3–10 years of relevant experience in modeling, simulation, RF, EW,
or related engineering disciplines. Prior leadership or management
experience in higher-level technical roles. Bachelors degree in
Engineering or a related technical discipline . Active Interim
Secret clearance with a pathway to SCI eligibility. Desired Masters
degree in Engineering or a related field. Professional Engineer
(PE) license (preferred for senior-level candidates).
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