Deadline Date: Thursday 21 November 2024
Requirement: Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Technical Specialist
Location: The Hague, NL
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 1392
Required Start Date: 6 January 2025
End Contract Date: 31 December 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties and Role:
- Under the supervision of NCIA PM the contractor will perform the following tasks:
- Develop technical requirements for C-UAS acquisition projects,
- Prototype and evaluate C-UAS technologies,
- Support multidisciplinary teams and technical and operational stakeholders;
- Participate in technical and operational meetings, offering advice and seeking solutions;
- Support NATO in the development of recommendations for updates to current services;
- Provide meaningful input to envisioning C-UAS solutions that fit best NATO requirements
Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
1. Technical Qualifications
- Must demonstrate expert knowledge of microwave and signal processing;
- Must demonstrated expert level knowledge C-UAS technologies including: Direction Finding technologies (e.g. phase array antenna, time difference of arrival etc.), Radar technologies (e.g. pulse Doppler, FMCW, etc.), EO/IR technologies, Cyber effectors.
- Must demonstrated expert level knowledge of UAS systems, in particular radiofrequency communication protocols;
- Must demonstrated expert level knowledge of airborne electronic warfare technologies;
- Must demonstrated expert level knowledge of target tracking and data fusion techniques (e.g. Kalman filter, Particle filter etc.)
- Excellent knowledge level of programing languages such as Python, GnuRadio, Matlab, Labview, C and C++;
- Must have experience in using source control systems and DevOps (GitHub, TFS);
- Must have experience with the NATO procurement process.
2. Professional Qualifications:
- Nationally recognized/certified university qualification on electrical engineering or computer science / programming;
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 3 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;
- Valid security clearance at minimum NATO SECRET level;
- Must have excellent spoken and written English communication and presentation skills, as demonstrated by recent experience (within the past 5 years);
- Must demonstrate the ability and self-motivation to work on his/her own but must also work well within groups as part of a team;
- Must demonstrate an ability and keen sense for problem-solving.
- Motivated, good communication skills, team player.
