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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Technical Director to join our Electronic Warfare team!
Parsons’ Electronic Directorate is focused on delivering cutting-edge offensive and defensive cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and specialized communication and collection technologies to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Our purpose is to serve those who protect our nation enabling mission success across intelligence, cyber, and electronic warfare domains.
What You'll Be Doing:
Creating and updating the Electronic Warfare Directorate’s technical strategy
Ensures strategy alignment with the Directorate and overall company objectives
Documents the directorate's technical vision and compare it to the current state
Develops a roadmap to transition from current state to future state
Leads technical volumes of proposals, ensuring responsiveness and clear discriminators
Supports Business Development and Capture activities by aligning contract pursuits with sector strategy
Assists with customer engagements by developing briefings that highlight company differentiators
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends
Identifies solutions, services, and best practices to keep the sector at the forefront of innovation.
Fosters cross-business unit collaboration to drive partnerships and accelerate advancements.
Engages high-value customers and operators
Delivers compelling technical briefings and solution presentations to senior government leaders and mission operators.
Leverages strong relationships to influence decision-making and strengthen customer trust.
Builds and refines a high-performing technology organization
Leads multi-domain collaboration across Parsons' Defense & Intelligence portfolio to solve complex mission challenges.
Drives new business and on-contract growth while cultivating a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
Manages technology budgets, allocating resources efficiently and cost-effectively.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience and a minimum of 10+ years experience within a technical field or related industry and 4+ years experience in a managerial role
Experience in operational or military environments in cyber, EW, or intelligence domains is a plus
Experience initiating and executing innovation, experimentation, and advanced development efforts within the military
Exposure to and broad understanding of SAP portfolios and associations with OUSW(R&E), SCO, DARPA, service labs, and program offices
Experience of background in cyber, Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), space, fires, and distributed operations
Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets especially relating to experimentation, advanced development, and rapid fielding
Understanding of strategic, operational, and tactical operations and capabilities especially relating to complex kill chain development, National systems, and tactical fires
Deep understanding of unmanned systems, loitering and launched effects, tactical and over-the-horizon communications, target development, navigation and timing, non-kinetic and kinetic effects, counter-UXS, counter-C5ISRT, and other related operational areas of focus
Experience integrating with or directly support Special Operations, Space Operations, Air Operations, and large-scale Ground force operations
Ability to manage groups of operators and engineers especially within rapid prototyping, experimentation, and rapid fielding environments
Active TS/SCI is required
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
Knowledge of SIGINT, Electronic Warfare (EW), Digital Signals Processing (DSP), Radio Frequency (RF), Space Systems Engineering, and algorithm development.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $176,900.00 - $332,400.00Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years experience within a technical field or related industry
- 4+ years experience in a managerial role
- Active Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance
- Experience initiating and executing innovation, experimentation, and advanced development efforts within the military
- Exposure to and understanding of SAP portfolios and associations with OUSW(R&E), SCO, DARPA, service labs, and program offices
- Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets relating to experimentation, advanced development, and rapid fielding
- Understanding of strategic, operational, and tactical operations and capabilities related to complex kill chain development, National systems, and tactical fires
- Deep understanding of unmanned systems, loitering and launched effects, tactical and over-the-horizon communications, target development, navigation and timing, non-kinetic and kinetic effects, counter-UXS, and C5ISRT
- Experience integrating with or directly supporting Special Operations, Space Operations, Air Operations, and large-scale ground force operations
- Ability to manage groups of operators and engineers within rapid prototyping, experimentation, and rapid fielding environments
- Experience in operational or military environments in cyber, EW, or intelligence domains
- Master's or Ph.D. in EE, Computer Engineering, CS, or related discipline
- Knowledge of SIGINT, DSP, RF, space systems engineering, and algorithm development
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
