Electronics Analyst

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As an Electronics Analyst with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:

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.
• Produce storyboards and technical reports on captured data.
• Maintain and document chain of custody of items and data.
• Deploy to remote field locations on a regular or as needed basis to analyze devices or train partners in the processes associated with reverse engineering.

• Current DOD Secret with the ability to obtain and maintain up to a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
• 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-GO team member.
• Understanding of lab processes and workflow for device exploitation efforts.
• 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 developing and supporting the Weapons Technical Intelligence Enterprise.