NAVWAR Engineer 1
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Albuquerque, NM, USA
In Person
Electrical EngineeringRF & Microwave Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required
About the job
Requirements
- Must have an active Secret clearance.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Have 3–7 years of experience in Electrical, Mechanical, RF Engineering, or Data Science.
- Have a bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in an Engineering field (Electrical, Mechanical, RF) or Data Science.
- Have a strong foundation in technical principles and data-driven methodologies.
- Have a proven track record of applying technical expertise to solve complex engineering problems and drive data-driven insight.
Responsibilities
- Provide executive-level insight to NAVWAR engineering support through modeling and simulation.
- Research and develop multi-function small form factor payloads for NAVWAR-based missions.
- Develop and analyze models of novel algorithmic concepts to produce distributed electronic sensing effects for NAVWAR payloads.
- Utilize electronic warfare signal processing algorithms that enable threat detection and identification for employing countermeasures.
- Develop systems to support GPS system hardening to prevent NAVWAR effects on blue force systems.
- Develop radio frequency hardware and software solutions for integrating electronic warfare, communications, and radar missions into a small form factor payload.
- Investigate heterogeneous sensing concepts across different platforms, including manned and unmanned platforms, high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and ALE; investigate sensing approaches with passive modes.
- Design and implement testing of radio frequency and other hardware portions of software-defined radio frameworks.
- Reverse engineer existing NAVWAR signal processing solutions.
- Synthesize and allocate system requirements, and derive requirements to ensure the system architecture is fully defined, understood, and compliant with mission needs.
- Support development and implementation of client requirements for radio frequency solutions, including services, products, technologies, and capabilities that encompass airborne mission environments.
- Perform hardware-in-the-loop testing on systems that can be impacted by denial or deception of PNT/GPS.
- Support technical reviews of vendor hardware and software products and deliverables, interface development, and development of software algorithms and models for simulation.
- Research state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms.
- Work with internal and external JNWC customers to help integrate solutions into a wide variety of applications and use cases.
- Debug, test, and validate capabilities using unit tests and scenarios reported by JNWC or its customers.
Desired Qualifications
- A Professional Engineer license for senior-level candidates.
- An MS degree.
About the company
Canvas provides technical services and engineering solutions for the DoD and other federal agencies. A trained team across systems engineering, software, cybersecurity, test and evaluation, safety and facilities engineering, and program management delivers technical and programmatic support to agencies like the US Army, Air Force, Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, NASA, and others. The company works by pairing expert personnel with structured processes to design, build, test, and deploy government programs, tailoring solutions to each program’s needs. Its goal is to help federal agencies achieve missions by delivering reliable systems and programs through integrated engineering, acquisition, and program management.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Huntsville, Alabama
Founded
2007
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What believers are saying
- Canvas promoted Daniel Cash on August 24, 2026, signaling aggressive business development.
- Canvas added Megan Wilson Green on September 15, 2026, strengthening government engagement.
- Canvas reported over 700 employees and continued hiring around TMAS 3 in 2026.
What critics are saying
- Canvas concentrates on Air Force customers, exposing revenue to one procurement cycle.
- Instructure-owned Canvas LMS breach spawned dozens of lawsuits in May 2026, damaging brand trust.
- A subcontract-heavy model on Odyssey and TMAS primes leaves Canvas vulnerable to prime recompete losses.
What makes Canvas, Inc. unique
- Canvas won TMAS 3 Air Force contracts totaling $847M on August 11, 2026.
- Canvas paired test, engineering, software, and digital modernization across missile-defense programs.
- Artinia’s 2024 investment and 2026 headcount growth nearly doubled Canvas’s execution capacity.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Bonus