Assistant Aircraft Reliability Engineer Jobs in Iowa

Overview At Credence, we support our clients' mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future. We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 13 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success. Credence has an immediate need for a Radar/Electronic Warfare Engineer B-52 Div (WBD) at the senior level who will be primarily responsible for supporting the B-52 Stratofortress Division (AFLCMC WBD) at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The B-52 Stratofortress division protects our nation by modernizing and sustaining the B-52 fleet and ensuring continued AF power projection. With a 60-year history as the backbone of the nation's nuclear deterrence operations, the current fleet of 76 B-52H aircraft is capable of deploying the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory and supports multiple combatant command operations. This division provides world-class expertise and technical services, ensuring the operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness of war-winning capabilities. It also maintains the airworthiness of the B-52 Stratofortress throughout its projected service life, which extends to 2050. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below Serve as a radar engineer with particular emphasis in integration of radar and Electronic Warfare (EW) sensors. Communicate with other engineering functionals including, but not limited to structures, crew systems, EMI, reliability and maintainability, manufacturing, and system safety. Perform analysis, requirement analyses, and system capacity analysis, investigate alternative solutions and architecture trade-offs, make assessments, support operations concept development, and document results. Assist in reviewing and/or developing draft systems engineering documents in support of milestone reviews and events. Participate in regular team meetings, TIMs, technical reviews, and interface control working group meetings. Support the establishment of entrance and exit criteria, developing agendas, reviewing content, resolving action items, and coordinating the technical review of the results. Support hardware/software development and related system ground and flight test activities such as but not limited to: hardware in-the-loop, subsystem integration labs, DT, and IOT&E related activities. Support airworthiness directives and assist in platform approval and certification. Utilize MIL-HDBK-516 Airworthiness Certification Criteria to determine applicable requirements, work with base engineering to verify assigned systems and subsystems meet established criteria and work with other agencies as required, to achieve a desired level of certification. Expected activities include, but not limited to: providing technical advice and serving as the technical interface between the Government customers and the radar manufacturers, interacting with customers, participating in meetings, and producing technical detailed products. Perform technical activities associated with radar waveforms and signal and data processing techniques that provide robust performance in EMI, electronic counter-measure, multipath, ducting, and clutter environments. These activities may include, but not limited to: phased array and active aperture antennas, adaptive array processing, digital beam forming, klystron and solid state transmitter technologies, receiver and transmitters stability issues, advanced analog-to-digital (A/D) technology, EMI, and EW. Digital signal processing including Moving Target Indication (MTI), pulse Doppler, monopulse, imaging, and adaptive techniques, Clutter Map Constant False Alarm Rates, clutter maps, and timing issues. Assist in accomplishing data processing including centroiding, tracker, timing issues, data loading issues, software; interfaces to combat system and/or automation systems including required data, quantity of data, data merging and integration. Assist in accomplishing modeling/simulation of radar, targets, and clutter/weather; testing and evaluation of radar system performance including developing test plans and procedures, witnessing tests, and writing test reports for qualification testing, operational field testing, and factory system-level testing. Requirements Clearance: Top Secret Master's or Doctorate Degree from an ABET accredited college or university in a related field and ten years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in the DoD or Bachelor's Degree from an ABET accredited college or university in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD Knowledge of radar theory and principles, and an understanding of the radar design, development, and implementation process is required Benefits Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays) Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) Short Term & Long Term Disability Training & Development Please join us, as together we build a better world one mission at a time powered by technology and its people!