Electronic Warfare Project Officer
SAIC · Point Mugu NAWC
SAIC is searching for an experienced Electronic Warfare Technical Project Officer to join the Jammer Technique Optimization (JATO) team at Point Mugu, CA. The Technical Project Officer will leverage Electronic Warfare (EW) understanding and strong project leadership skills to guide cross‑functional teams (engineers and operators) in planning and executing complex EW projects and experiments.
This role is well‑suited for a technical project manager or former military aircrew with experience shepherding projects from start to finish and working closely with EW systems.
JOB DUTIES:
- Drive the successful completion of technically complex Electronic Warfare projects, including modeling and simulation and lab, ground, and flight experiments
- Define project goals and objectives; break down projects into smaller tasks; establish schedules; and identify resources to achieve goals, acting as the primary project lead
- Assign tasks to engineering team members; organize and lead regular meetings to review project progress; foster communication between cross‑disciplinary teams (systems, electrical, and software engineers, and operators); and track project progress
- Conduct risk assessments (technical, operational, financial, scheduling); troubleshoot issues and communicate resulting impacts to stakeholders
- Help design experiments to provide insight into cause‑and‑effect in EW system performance; create and validate experimentation plans/procedures traced to requirements and test objectives
- Oversee execution of experimentation to characterize and assess system effectiveness in laboratory and field environments, including military service‑level events
- Generate and/or coordinate technical documentation (e.g., test plans, test reports, verification documents) and contribute to requirements and specifications
- Use clear verbal and written communication to collaborate on requirements and to present data and explain results to management and customers
- Conduct domestic or international travel to support requirements, collaboration, experimentation, and customer meetings
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