Senior SIGINT/ EW Systems SME

ManTech - Quantico, VA

Full-time - Senior

Quantico, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

ManTech is seeking a Senior SIGINT/ EW Systems Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide critical subject matter expertise and in-depth technical support across various innovative activities related to the development, evaluation, and transition of cutting-edge Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT), and Information Systems to support our Nation's fighting forces. This role is pivotal in ensuring that our national defense and homeland security clients receive rapid, cost-effective, and adaptable solutions that are interoperable and integrated, providing high performance in quick-response scenarios. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical expertise in ground, air, and sea-based system research and development (R&D), systems engineering, and process management. This includes supporting the research, development, acquisition, and sustainment of innovative information technology and intelligence collection systems. The SME will develop and update detailed documentation for intelligence systems, including specification documents, test and evaluation plans, and logistics documentation such as fielding and transition plans. Additionally, the role involves direct support to customers by identifying transformative capabilities and assessing their suitability for integration into tactical and enterprise systems. Collaboration is key in this position, as the SME will lead or participate in coordination with vendors and stakeholders across multiple mission owners and organizations to ensure timely delivery of capabilities that meet development, evaluation, and demonstration objectives. The role also requires conducting in-depth analysis, developing courses of action, and presenting recommendations to leadership on solutions for complex technical deficiencies. The SME will support military System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) and User Evaluation events, including piloting tethered and untethered uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and utilizing their respective payloads. This position requires up to 25% travel annually, including multi-week events.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise towards ground, air, and sea-based system research and development (R&D), systems engineering, and process management.
• Provide technical expertise in research and development, acquisition, and sustainment of innovative information technology and intelligence collection, processing, and dissemination prototypes and equipment.
• Develop and update highly-detailed Intel systems documentation such as specification documents, test and evaluation plans, and coordinating logistics documentation (e.g. fielding plans, transition plans).
• Provide direct support to customers by identifying transformative capabilities, assessments of those capabilities, and if deemed suitable, support the development and integration into applicable systems; tactical and enterprise.
• Lead or participate in collaboration and coordination with vendors and stakeholders across multiple mission owners and organizations to encourage or support the timely delivery of capabilities that meet development, evaluation, and demonstration objectives.
• Conduct in-depth analysis and related documentation; develop courses of action, and present recommendations to leadership on solutions for difficult and challenging technical deficiencies and problems.
• Support the execution of military System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) and User Evaluation events to include piloting of tethered and untethered uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and use of their respective payloads.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (+12 years' experience) or equivalent.
• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance.
• Recent demonstrated experience (within the past 5 years or less) of employing SIGINT and ELINT capabilities supporting operations within the Marine Corps Information Environment Enterprise or DoD Enterprise Environments with similar technologies as utilized within the Marine Corps.
• Ability to act as a successful member of technical teams towards development of operational intelligence and information-related capabilities that support the information enterprise and tactical environments.
• Experienced with employing and performing user level troubleshooting of strategic and tactical signals collection and analysis systems during the conduct of SIGINT, ELINT, EW, COMINT, and Cyber Operations in support of USMC or similar DoD operations.
• Ability to collaborate, communicate and interact with Senior Government organizations and personnel; including Officer, Enlisted, and Civilian.
• Demonstrated success in planning, coordinating, executing, and documenting project activities to include; SETR events, demonstrations, user evaluations, and other associated tasks and processes related to the Systems Development Life Cycle.
• Past performance in identifying, incorporating, and adhering to DoD and Service-level standards, employment regulations, and/or other relevant technical publications.
• Knowledge and experience in reviewing, improving, and documenting technical systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with experience developing and delivering briefings to senior managers.
• Ability to work well independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
• Ability to support field demonstrations and exercises to include; traversing rugged terrain on foot, unloading and loading of equipment and systems under test, and riding in military tactical vehicles, ships, and air platforms.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Family of Software and Tools such as Office, Visio, SharePoint, Project.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to understand and discern technical packages associated to SIGINT/ELINT systems.
• Previous support to system research and development activities.
• Experience piloting military UAS platforms.
• Flight certification/training for UAS platforms and FAA Part 107 Drone License.
• Current CI Polygraph screening.