Antenna Engineer

KBR is seeking a highly qualified Antenna Engineer to provide support for the NRO Mission Operations Directorate (MOD). MOD operates, maintains, and reports the status of intelligence satellites and their associated ground systems, provides defensive space control and space protection, monitors satellite flight safety, and provides space situational awareness. This effort includes support to innovation labs developing new tools, models, and algorithms to operate and exploit satellite space and ground systems.

Responsibilities:

1. Expertise and experience in performing research, antenna design, creating prototypes of designs.
2. Making development schedules, creating budget proposals for development projects, and supporting ground-based aperture projects.
3. Technical support for antenna hardware installation, alignment, modeling and configuration, calibration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Required Qualifications:

1. 3-5 years of expertise and experience in performing antenna research and design.
2. Ability to create prototypes of designs.
3. Ability to develop schedules, create budget proposals for development projects.
4. Provide ground-based aperture support.
5. Expertise within antenna theory, antenna design, satellite modems, and antenna hardware components.
6. Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.
7. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related quantitative science field.

Desired Qualifications:

1. Master’s degree in engineering or related quantitative science field.
2. Experience leading teams resulting in successful verification and test strategies/solutions for complex programs.
3. Experience with cloud development processes.
4. Experience with industry system engineering practices.
5. Strong interpersonal skills in order to influence, collaborate and work effectively with all levels of internal and external leadership.
6. Knowledge of NRO Mission Operations Directorate.