ELECTRONICS ANALYST

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 and Development Level 2 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space.

Overview: The contractor will provide Electronics Analyst capabilities with extensive knowledge and understanding of electronics and improvised explosive devices (IED’s). Then we have an opportunity for you to support our TXP&AXC contract both CONUS and OCONUS.

Key Responsibilities:

• Join an already established team with an opportunity to grow. Support a Navy program, that deploys to various locations globally, performing device analysis, conduct VIP tours, impart knowledge to our coalition partners, and interact with leaders at all levels.

• Obtain and maintain up to a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

• Perform exploitation and reverse-engineering on electronics and various IED electronic circuit boards and develop device characterization.

• Identify, capture, analyze and characterize electronic devices and components from IED circuit boards for arming, firing and source characteristics

• Report and brief critical finds to both military and DoD civilian leadership.

• Capture, characterize and identify IED electrical/electronic RF receiver and transmitter modules and circuit board characteristics, operating frequencies and power.

• Analyze recovered electronic components including switching circuits and power sources.

• Identify electronic IED components visually, conduct research and provide information, and develop accurate schematics of devices.

• Analyze, demodulate and decode signals in order to extract intelligence data using standardized demodulation and decoding tools and techniques for commonly encountered signals.

• Perform Electronic Data Recovery (EDR) of logical and physical data on cell phones and other media storage devices using hardware/software tools including Cellebrite UFED, XRY, FTK and other forensic tools and analyze EDR files to recover data that may be of investigative or intelligence value.

• Support development of countermeasures for electronic devices/signals.

• Provide information to assist in profiling and signature analysis.

• Produce storyboards and technical reports on captured data.

• Maintain and document chain of custody of items and data. Train replacement personnel on SOP.

Job Requirements

• Ability to possess/handle firearms in support of TXP&AXC operations with WTI Lexicon, SIPRNET and Community of Interest databases and portals is desired.

• Understanding of lab processes and workflow for device exploitation efforts and profiling.

• Knowledge in global IED devices and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) threat.

• Experience must include electronic printed circuit board (PCB) assembly and troubleshooting, Radio Frequency (RF) field, operation of lab instrumentations including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, communication receivers, RF signal generators and handheld digital multi-meters and schematic capture tools.

• Experience working with a CEXC/TXP&AXC, WTI, counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) Team, DTK, JEFF, TEDAC, NGIC, DIA or ATF Lab.

• Experience developing and supporting the Weapons Technical Intelligence Enterprise.

• Prior U.S. Military or civilian experience working in EOD or C-IED is preferred.

Security Requirement

• Current DOD Secret with the ability to obtain and maintain up to a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Education

• Associate of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering Technology (AAS, two years) degree or an applicable technical field from an accredited college with 3-5 years of professional work experience in a relevant technical field or 5-7 years of professional military experience as an electronic technician.

• Physical ability and commitment to deploy globally as a TXP&AXC team member.