Chief Engineer

Chief EngineerToday, Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise - protecting the warfighter and our national security against ever-adapting threats. Due to success of continued growth - the Electronic Warfare Division at Leidos (in Arlington, VA, San Diego, CA, and Beavercreek, OH) currently has an opening for a Chief Engineer in our Signal Processing Branch. We're looking for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset to work with our existing and new R&D clients developing advanced solutions to very challenging electronic warfare problems. As an EW Chief Engineer, you will be responsible for research, design, and development of signal collection, processing and dissemination systems. Duties may include designing, developing, and analyzing systems for the extraction of information from signal sensors. You will support the Division by achieving program objectives, leading technical teams – and participate in business development activities. The ideal candidate will possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with technical staff members and peers within the division as well as our external Government customers. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for technical leadership, program oversight, new business pipeline, and personnel supervision / mentorship. Regular tasks will include a mix of the following:Develop novel and advanced algorithms, performance simulation, and analysis - using simulated and real data in both time series and spectral domainsServe as Technical Team LeadLead or support marketing and business development initiatives: develop technical solutions and new ideas for response to capture efforts (e.g., BAAs, RFPs etc.)Participate in, and/or lead, lab-based and field testingLead and/or engage in multiple projectsCommunicate results in briefings and written material to your team, the Customer and managementBasic Qualifications:Must be U.S. Citizen with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI level clearanceMasters with 15+ years prior relevant experience. May consider a BS and equivalent experience.Fluent with tools such as MATLAB, Linux, Mathematica, Python, Simulink - and languages such as C/C++, Java etc.Working knowledge areas such as digital filtering, spectral estimation, detection and estimation theory, linear algebra and stochastic processesDemonstrated leadership of small multi-disciplinary technical teams and/or projectsDemonstrated strong oral and written communicationExperience working in EW, SIGINT and/or radar fields as a technical leaderPreferred Qualifications:Doctoral degreeBusiness Development and Capture experience (e.g., Proposals, white papers etc.)Experience working in a Research and Development (R&D) environment