# Senior Subject Matter Expert - Electromagnetic Pulse Protection

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Fort Belvoir, VA
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Defence & Intelligence
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a senior subject matter expert to provide technical assistance regarding the protection of military systems against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat environments. The successful candidate will work with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to perform comprehensive technical reviews, assessments, and necessary edits of EMP-related technical documents. The role involves providing technical recommendations and assistance to DTRA and its stakeholders in creating or updating DoD military standards and associated military handbooks regarding EMP-protection requirements and best-practice guidance.

Responsibilities:

- Perform comprehensive technical reviews, assessments, and necessary edits of EMP-related technical documents

- Provide technical recommendations and assistance to DTRA and its stakeholders in creating or updating DoD military standards and associated military handbooks

- Provide training of EMP-protection principles and practices to newer members of the EMP-protection/hardening technical community

- Travel to, and observe, field tests of EMP-protection systems and provide critical, technical comments and reports

- Participate in DTRA's technical working groups regarding other EMP-related testing, technology designs, research, and development

Requirements:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physics, Engineering, or a comparable technical field

- At least 17 years of applicable experience pertinent to the protection of military electrical systems from EMP threats

- Knowledge regarding the substantiation and implementation of EMP-protection requirements per military standards

- Must be a U.S citizen with an active Top Secret clearance and eligible for an SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in vulnerability studies for military systems from EMP environments

- Experience in observing, performing, and directing EMP-protection tests of military systems

- Experience collaborating with senior Government personnel

- Demonstrate professional skills in technical writing

## Skills

### Required
- EMP protection
- military standards
- technical writing
- test engineering

### Nice to have
- vulnerability studies
- EMP-protection tests
- collaboration with senior Government personnel

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