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Candidates must be willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance., * Passion for both program startup and test and integration. * A proven drive for rigor in system and subsystem verification. * Skills needed for program startup including requirement generation, allocation, and verification. * Lab experience to support/lead the Integration and Test efforts up to and including verification/validation/acceptance with a focus on automation in testing. * Experience with Electronic Warfare (comms and/or non-comms), PNT, and Communications waveforms. * Proven field experience that demonstrates the ability to understand customer use cases and to rapidly adapt to changing needs. * Perform supporting analysis needed for proposals and documentation. * Be a voice into the direction of product development and future pursuits. * Work solutions to program problems across the company. * Support new business initiatives as required to include contribution to technical content, distribution, and collection/validation of Engineering artifacts across all Engineering disciplines. * Mentorship and growth of System Engineers., * Communications and Non-Communications Electronic Support (ES) and Electronic Attack (EA) System development and deployment experience. * Communications and Non-Communications signal properties, their detection, measurement, identification, and degradation, disruption, and denial. * Expertise in EW System verification using standard test equipment and special purpose subsystems. * Strong preference for hands-on work. * Understanding of Open Systems standards and experience using them (SOSA, CMOSS, MORA, VICTORY). * Possess acute attention to detail and be proactive and self-motivating. * Willingness to help refine processes and procedures to optimize rapid but assured system realization in a growing small company atmosphere. * Experience with hardware architecture, specification, design, integration, and testing, especially transceivers, amplifier subsystems, and antenna subsystems * Ability to work with customers to develop and document system requirements. * Demonstrate a strong understanding of hardware engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, computer architectures, and software architecture. * Coordinate work to analyze and translate requirements into system architecture, hardware and software designs and interface specifications. * Ability to design, analyze, and evaluate hardware products. * Experience following processes to ensure quality and predictability of hardware development. * Develop models or simulations and apply advanced computer programs, analytical techniques, or control strategies to effectively meet requirements and resolve problems. * Critical thinker, with prudent risk tolerance to balance risk and technology with requirements, cost, and schedule. * Competitive spirit accepting of challenges with a willingness to learn and recover from mistakes. * Willingness to learn and explore on your own, and travel, when necessary, in support of business goals. * Strong desire to work at a smaller company free of many of the "big company" roadblocks. * Strong written and oral communication skills with experience presenting technical material. 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