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# Principal Systems Architect - Electronic Warfare

- **Company:** CACI International Inc.
- **Location:** Rochester, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $114,600.0 - $252,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Signals Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Systems Architecture, SC Clearance, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B2F1FF616D0C462BA4E2FABA166E53A0/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
 * Minimum 10 years of related experience, with meaningful background in RF/EW systems (EA, ES, EP, or spectrum warfare), including experience mentoring or growing an engineering team
 * Working knowledge of the threat/EW environment (e.g., radar/comms threat libraries, spectrum deconfliction) is a plus
 * Experience establishing or maturing systems engineering practices within a product development organization
 * Comfortable working across engineering, business development, product, and program management to move things forward
 * Strong communication skills, with experience briefing leadership and working through differing stakeholder priorities
 * Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Visio
 * There is no clearance requirement to begin employment. As a condition of continued employment, you will be required to obtain a Secret clearance.

Desired:

 * Hands-on experience with antenna design, RF front-end architecture, or antenna pattern and placement trade-offs
 * Experience with RF propagation, link budgets, or antenna integration on vehicle, airborne, or man-portable platforms
 * Exposure to SIGINT collection systems, spectrum sensing hardware, or direction-finding techniques

## Description

* Build, grow, and mentor the systems engineering team - closing skill gaps and supporting hiring, development, and coaching
 * Shape systems engineering practices across product development - requirements, trade studies, interfaces, and testing - and help make them repeatable across programs
 * Shape EW system architecture and technology roadmaps at the enterprise level, guided by mission and threat requirements
 * Design system architecture, interfaces, and spectrum/waveform coverage for EW payloads, jammers, and RF sensing subsystems, including CONEMP/CONOPS input
 * Partner with the CTO and engineering leadership to help drive strategic technical direction
 * Partner across Business Development, Product/Program Management, and customers - building alignment and presenting architecture trade-offs to keep programs moving
 * Support proposals with technical write-ups and basis of estimates (BoEs)
 * Evaluate and manage third-party OEM accessories, partnering with Product Line Management to keep the catalog current


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