Senior Staff Engineer, GCS / Communications Systems (R5020)

We are seeking a GCS / Communications Systems Engineer to lead the development, integration, and validation of ground control station and communication architectures supporting advanced military aircraft and autonomous systems. This role directly impacts mission effectiveness, command and control reliability, platform connectivity, and operational resiliency by ensuring robust communication between air, ground, and distributed mission systems.

The engineer will define system behaviors, operational workflows, and communication architectures across the full lifecycle, from concept development through flight and operational test. This role plays a critical part in reducing integration risk, improving network resiliency, and accelerating deployment of mission-critical communication capabilities.

Define GCS and communication system behaviors, operational workflows, and activity diagrams to ensure reliable command, control, telemetry, payload, and mission data exchange

Develop and integrate communication architectures including RF links, SATCOM, LOS/BLOS datalinks, networking infrastructure, antennas, encryption devices, and mission control interfaces

Lead cross-functional integration between avionics, mission systems, networking, cybersecurity, software, and test teams to improve system interoperability and reduce integration risk

Develop and validate interface definitions, network architectures, link budgets, and communication performance requirements for airborne and ground-based systems

Support lab, field, and flight test activities to troubleshoot communication issues, validate network performance, and improve operational resiliency and mission readiness

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field

5+ years of experience in communications systems, networking, mission systems, or military aerospace integration

Experience with GCS architectures, datalinks, RF systems, networking, or airborne communication systems

Familiarity with LOS/BLOS communications, SATCOM, IP networking, encryption technologies, and hardware/software integration environments

Strong systems engineering, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication skills

Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

Experience supporting UAV, fighter aircraft, autonomous systems, or military communication networks

Experience defining operational behaviors, activity diagrams, CONOPS, or system architectures using MBSE tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler

Background in integration labs, flight test, network resiliency, or tactical communication systems

Familiarity with cybersecurity, RMF, resilient communications, and contested environment operations

Active Secret or Top Secret clearance preferred