Team and communications skills are a must. Provides avionics customers through item management, logistics program management, production management, engineering and technical expertise. The division supports all USAF airborne and ground based communications systems. Generally, these EW systems are composed of digitally controlled receivers and transmitters, displays, control circuits and busses to interface with other avionics on the aircraft. A very large portion of our engineering responsibility is development of new software algorithms to address threat changes, modifying current algorithms to add new capability or correct deficiencies, and the digital distribution world wide of software to the war-fighter in an expedited manner.
New engineers work under the direction of their supervisor or a senior engineer.
The journeyman level of these positions require a thorough knowledge of the hardware, the threats they face throughout the world, modern software engineering, USAF tactics for the aircraft involved and many other interesting areas. Training to acquire specific skills and knowledge required need for Electronic Warfare system work is available. Some travel, generally of short duration, can be expected. There is ample opportunity to quickly progress to higher levels of technical responsibility and independence.