ABOUT CITADEL:

Citadel Defense is a high growth technology company that builds game-changing security solutions for military, government, and commercial customers.  Our technology helps our customers solve their toughest challenges – providing situational awareness that allows them to make better, smarter, faster decisions that saves lives.  Citadel’s flagship Titan capability combines the latest in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics in order to autonomously protect our servicemen and servicewomen on the front lines from weaponized unmanned systems used by adversaries.  As a member of the growing Citadel Defense team, you will immediately have an outsized impact on mission operations.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are looking for an experienced Cryptographic Technician who is passionate about analyzing electronic communications, jamming enemy signals, and delivering lifesaving intelligence during mission critical situations.  In this role, you will be analyzing unmanned system digital communication and proprietary radio links and presenting insights that will power the development of AI/machine learning classification models that are incorporated into new capabilities released to customers.  These solutions will help protect our nation’s most elite Special Operations teams, critical infrastructure, and most valuable organizations from nefarious drone threats.  To do this, we’ve assembled a group of world-class business/strategy, product design, technology, engineering, and data science professionals with deep knowledge and experience in counter drone solutions to work alongside you in tackling one of the country’s greatest emerging threats.

 YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collect, analyze, and report on communication signals
• Apply specialized tools and computer-based programs to process data for analytics problems
• Create signal analysis reports to help defend against external threats
• Work alongside the Innovations and Algorithms team to create, scale, and automate threat scenarios across simulated environments and methods to handle new signals of interest
• Provide signal intelligence training for intelligence, military, and government missions

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

• Prior software engineering experience from industry along with academic pursuits in Computer Science, Computer / Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering
• A background in digital signal processing (DSP), deep neural nets, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deepfake methods, or formal signal analysis training from the U.S. military or Government
• Completed relevant military or government training programs (e.g. Navy Intermediate Technical ELINT Analyst, Military COMINT Signals Analysis Program, Military ELINT Signals Analysis Program)
• Experience and familiarity with data structures, storage systems, and Matlab tool suite
• Demonstrated proficiency in communicating technical and analytical information

IDEALLY YOU WILL HAVE:

• One Team. One Fight. Mentality
• Networking and software deployment experience
• Experience with Agile software and test-driven development
• Good written and verbal communication skills

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.