Electronics Engineering

The incumbent is responsible for deriving electronic warfare (EW) system

requirements and techniques primarily for, but not limited to, the protection of

naval ships from anti-ship capable missiles (ASCM). The incumbent will contribute

to research on and development of system requirements, concepts of operations, and

advanced operational capabilities for applying advanced electronic attack (EA) to

the problem of countering emerging ASCMs. A key aspect of the research will be

developing tools and methods to assess the capabilities and effectiveness of

advanced EW systems and concepts when used against threat systems. This requires

demonstrated knowledge of fundamental engineering concepts and principles and the

ability to apply them to systems associated with electronic Warfare (EW).

As part of the assessment efforts, the incumbent will be required to

develop an understanding of the key components that determine the effectiveness of

EW in an engagement. This includes components such as ASCM threats and their

guidance subsystem, target signatures, multi-path, sea clutter, etc. The incumbent

will also be required to develop and understand the interaction between key

components and to analyze the impact on overall effectiveness under various

conditions. This will include the use of RF chambers and hardware in the loop

simulation capabilities. This requires the ability to analyze a problem at a

conceptual level and identify the relevant factors that need to be investigated.

The incumbent will conduct analysis supported by tools developed

within the Branch, tools developed with TEWD (such as CRUISE_Missiles, Builder, and

SIMDIS), and commercially available tools, such as SADM (Ship Air Defense Model),

MATLAB, and Advanced Design System (ADS). If needed for specific application areas,

the incumbent will develop specialized modeling and simulation tools to support the

fundamental analysis. Specific application areas include deriving system

performance requirements and performing tradeoff studies to design optimal EW system

performance given fundamental constraints on the problems, such as ship

configuration, ship signature, and the implementation limitations of EW and combat

systems. This requires knowledge of software tools such as MATLAB or Mathematica

and ADS and the ability to use these tools for analysis of complex problems.

The incumbent is responsible for documenting and reporting results of

work performed using technical reports and briefings to his/her supervisor as well

as reporting results of that work in technical reports, sponsor briefings,

professional journals, and/or professional conferences as appropriate to the results

of the work. The incumbent will be expected to prepare written reports of

accomplishments for publications in NRL technical journals and to establish close

contact with other professionals in their technical area in order to enhance the

exchange of information and to be aware of new developments in the field. This

requires the incumbent to have the ability to communicate clearly and accurately in

writing and the ability to verbally communicate clearly and accurately.

This position requires demonstrated knowledge of fundamental

engineering concepts and principles and the ability to apply them to systems

associated with Electronic Warfare (EW), the ability to analyze a problem at a

conceptual level and identify the relevant factors that need to be investigated, and

a knowledge of and experience with software tools such as MATLAB or Mathematica and

the ability to use these tools for analysis of complex problems.