Business Development Engineer (BDE), USSOCOM
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Silvus TechnologiesDefense communications
100% remote working option depending on location. Source API remote eligibility restrictions: United StatesFull-TimeMiddle
Salary100,000 - 140,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 2–5 years of demonstrated experience in systems engineering, technical business development, or defense technology roles; OR High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of relevant technical or defense experience.
- Required Skills
- PythonLinux
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related C5ISR field, with 2–5 years of relevant experience; alternatively, a High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of relevant technical or defense experience.
- Exposure to or working knowledge of Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), IP-based routing protocols, or tactical communication systems.
- Basic familiarity with RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers and signal generators.
- Active U.S. Government SECRET clearance or ability to obtain one within 15 months of hire.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
- Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer sites, research laboratories, and field-testing environments.
- Basic understanding of USSOCOM procurement pathways and operational needs across USASOC, NAVSPECWARCOM, AFSOC, and MARSOC.
- Familiarity with LPI/LPD, anti-jamming tactics, or signature management in contested or spectrum-denied environments.
- Practical experience with TCP/IP networking, Linux environments, or scripting languages such as Python or C++ for test automation.
Responsibilities
- Analyze USSOCOM capability gaps, SOF-peculiar communications requirements, and tactical edge network design goals, mapping operational needs to tactical radio solutions.
- Support technical planning, network configuration, and live-on-the-air execution of field trials, modernizations, and user evaluations.
- Use testing and competitive benchmarking data to help verify proposed solution architectures.
- Coordinate with Applications Engineering and Business Development teams on technical needs and strategic priorities.
- Build and present technical demonstrations tailored to USSOCOM and its component commands.
- Contribute technical input and review support for RFI/RFP responses.
- Research potential industry integrations and test end-to-end network architectures.
- Engage with technical stakeholders across USSOCOM organizations and component commands.
- Gather field feedback, signature-management requirements, and operational needs; translate them into product roadmap inputs and track engineering progress.
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