Technical Collection Instructor

Prime Time Consulting provides clients with expert intelligence analysis services. Our clients include defense contractors, industrial and service corporations, and departments and agencies of the U.S. Federal Government.

We are actively searching for Technical Collection Instructor , located in Maryland , to support our team. We have varying levels of this position, depending on years of experience and education.

Essential Job Duties

• The Technical Collection ("TC") Developer-Instructor is responsible for course development and instruction on first line network and target analysis. This includes technical collection for analysis of radars, jammers, and other electronic emanations from developmental and fielded systems used for warfighting, national security, criminal activities, and other purposes. Additionally, it includes collections for analysis on intelligence derived from the sources such as spacecraft and ground-related systems, radars andjammers, aircraft, missiles, command links and telemetry, automated beaconing, navigation, tracking control systems, and other radio frequency communications.

The TC Core Developer - Instructor must possess the following capabilities:

• End-to-end data collection and processing.
• Surveying the radio frequency/cable environment.
• Performing signal acquisition and collection with technical systems and platforms.
• Operating, monitoring, and adjusting collection processing systems and equipment.
• Managing the end-to-end data flow process for collection.
• Identifying target communications within the global network.
• Applying Intelligence Community collection management processes and analyzing signals and/or cryptographic data including analog signals in different domains (frequency or time) and signals from multiple telecommunications environments.
• Using one or more collection systems used to optimize acquisition.
• Applying radio frequency theory (e.g., radio wave propagation, antenna theory antenna usage) to collection-related requirements and actions .
• Satellite communications and operations utilizing satellite systems such as SATCOM equipment and telemetry
• Gathering and analyzing information to identify relevant sources of data or information sought to be collected and subsequently selecting the best tools and methods available to achieve collection requirements.
• Using signals analysis tools, techniques, and procedures to determine collection needed to make precise measurements of technical parameters including such things as radio frequency, inter/intrapulse modulation, pulse duration, and scan.
• Analyzing analog signals in different domains (frequency or time) using appropriate tools (for example, spectrum analyzers, dual beam oscilloscope).
• Taking into account a particular audience, arranging and tailoring technical and other information and materials and then clearly communicating on the topic, in oral and written manner, to achieve required goals and outcomes.
• Soliciting and receiving course feedback from students and other people and timely incorporating appropriate feedback into courses and presentations.
• Maintaining expertise in TC
• Developing new TC courses, modules, and presentations while ensuring the accuracy and currency of existing ones.
• Using good communication skills when working with others in the development, presentation, and updating of TC teaching and course material.

Required Qualifications

• The TC Training Course Developer-Instructor requires 2 or more years of technical teaching experience and/or technical curriculum development (e.g., military courses, academia or industry classroom (faculty/adjunct), On-the-job (OJT) instruction) with additional qualifications below.
• The TC Training Course Developer-Instructor requires the following:
• • If the candidate does not have a Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in a technical science major (Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, or comparable area):
  • • 6 or more years of TC experience (within the past 10 years). Completion of military training time in a relevant area such as Signals Collection or Analysis can be counted as experience time;
  • If the candidate has a Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in a technical science major (Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, or comparable area):
  • • 4 or more years of TC experience (within the past 10 years). Completion of military training time in a relevant area such as Signals Collection or Analysis can be counted as experience time.

Company Perks

• 200 hours of PTO annually
• 6% 401k Contribution
• Competitive Health Care Options
• Short Term/Long Term/Life Insurance
• Annual Training Budget

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

The pay range for this role is:

145,000 - 175,000 USD per year ( PTC - MD )