Electronic Warfare / Electromagnetic Spectrum Specialist - Senior
Calvert Systems Engineering
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Job Summary Electronic Warfare/Electromagnetic Spectrum (EW/EMS) Specialist - Senior Location: Langley, VA Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret with SCI/SAP eligibility This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required, as this position necessitates an active U.S. Government Security Clearance for employment.
Non-U.S. citizens are not eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations, and illegal drug use.
As an Electronic Warfare/Electromagnetic Spectrum (EW/EMS) Specialist - Senior, you will be responsible for supporting the planning, coordination, and execution of EW/EMS operations, training, and policy development across the Department of Defense. This role involves managing information systems, readiness reporting, spectrum operations, and integration of advanced EW/EMS capabilities, while collaborating with program offices, training teams, and operational stakeholders to ensure mission effectiveness and force readiness.
Who You Are and What You Need: Bachelor's degree in related field required Minimum of eight (8) years of operational mission experience as rated aircrew operating EW Systems in DoD aircraft Minimum of five (5) years of operational experience integrating EW, cyber, Informational Operations, space and ISR effects Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing DoD aircraft EW Systems or related operations programs Minimum of two (2) years of staff experience managing EW and EMS programs at the Wing level or higher Graduate of 563rd Flying Training Squadron (Randolph), 453rd Flying Training Squadron (Mather), or 479th Flying Training Group (Pensacola) Strong technical and conversational proficiency in English, including speaking, reading, and writing.
What You Will Do: Provide Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Emissions Control (EMCON) Subject Matter Expertise to direct operational support to expeditionary wings and squadrons to develop, implement, and assess Signature Management (SIGMAN) and EMCON TTPs at the tactical level. Assist units in developing ground-ops EMCON planning for base and flight operations, shaping friendly EMS-footprints, and integrating new METs/DLOs into DRRS and LFE constructs.
Serve as ACC's emissary for this paradigm shift, translating complex EMCON, OPSEC, and MILDEC concepts into practical guidance, overcoming operator pushback, and driving adoption across diverse units. Travel (minimum 5-6 trips per year) to multiple CONUS and selected OCONUS bases in support of workups, exercises, and deployments. Use enterprise information sharing web applications (e.g. SharePoint, Task Management Tool (TMT), Centralized Access for Data Exchange (CAFDEx .
Build, manage, maintain, and update information systems (e.g. Microsoft Outlook and SharePoint sites), as well as build and maintain office continuity repositories, develop and schedule travel plans, and coordinate special projects. Create, distribute, use, and dispose of official/classified media while performing records management functions IAW applicable regulations and controls. Support the development, review, preparation, and coordination of Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) policy, management of operational deployments, and Global Force Management (GFM) activities and taskings.
Support readiness activities by reviewing, coordinating, and preparing Status of Resources and Training Systems (SORTS) and Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) reports, development and management of Unit Training Codes (UTC), Designed Operational Capability (DOC) stateme