CareerPlan

Lead Communications Engineer: SIGINT Modeling and Simulation

Chantilly, VA, USFull-time$133k–$199k2026-10-19 → 2026-11-10
HybridCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Lead analysis teams to evaluate space-based intelligence architectures and inform national security decisions via modeling, simulation, and analysis.

Role type

Senior IC SIGINT/Communications Modeling & Simulation Engineer (Project Lead)

Builds

End-to-end performance evaluations and analysis-of-alternatives for space communication and ground architectures

Domain

National security space systems, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), mission management

Required skills

Space-related modeling, communication/ground architectures, data network modeling, scheduling algorithms, mission management, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), geo-spatial intelligence, space surveillance, navigation systems, space protection, MATLAB, Python, C++, project leadership, technical mentoring

Preferred skills

Graduate degree in relevant field, RF link budgets, satellite scheduling and resource allocation, Intelligence Community/DoD business practices, TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Technologies

MATLAB, Python, C++