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Lead Intelligence Analyst, Counter-UAS & RF Threats

BAE Systems

Quantico, VAFull-time$118–201K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$118–201K/yr
Location
Quantico, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

BAE Systems seeks a Lead Intelligence Analyst to support Marine Corps Intelligence Activity with situational awareness and intelligence production for multiple areas of responsibility. The analyst will assess national security issues using information from multiple sources and provide all-source support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence requirements, with a focus on counter-UAS and radio-frequency threats.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ResearchThreat PrioritizationAll-Source Intelligence AnalysisThreat-Load DevelopmentRF Threat IntelligenceUAS/CUAS AnalysisRCIED/C-RCIED AnalysisMulti-INT ExpertiseWritingBriefing

Qualifications

12+ Years Relevant ExperienceBachelor's in Related Field

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

BAE Systems Intelligence & Security division is seeking Lead Intelligence Analyst, Counter-UAS & RF Threats, to join our team in Quantico, VA in support of a Maritime effort for (MAGIC) Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Analysis, Geospatial Imagery, and Counterintelligence Support Services program.

What is it like working for a company that helps governments recognize, manage, and defeat threats? Exciting, invigorating and satisfying.

The candidate will provide direct support to MCIA to provide situational awareness and intelligence production and analysis for numerous AORs. Candidate will conduct analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature. Provides all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements.

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • At least 12 years of relevant experience with a portion of that experience being within the last 2 years.

  • Bachelor's degree in an area related to the field of work

  • Support research and intelligence gathering and assist with categorizing and prioritizing threats in the radio frequency (RF) spectrum to inform the development of electronic countermeasures.

  • Conduct All-Source intelligence analysis of foreign Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Counter-UAS (CUAS) technologies, capabilities, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and operational employment patterns.

  • Conduct All-Source intelligence analysis of foreign Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive devices (RCIEDs), Counter-RCIEDs (C-RCIEDs) technologies, capabilities, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and operational employment patterns.

  • Facilitate threat load development through the ingestion, evaluation, and prioritization of RF threat intelligence, specifically determining threat frequencies and regional proliferation metrics.

  • Coordinate with the Program Office to deliver prioritized threat lists, frequency analyses, and intelligence-derived technical parameters necessary to task Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane for software threat load development and system integration.

  • Maintain technical knowledge and analytical proficiency regarding UAS/CUAS and RCIED/C-RCIED systems, with particular emphasis on radio frequency (RF) links, guidance mechanisms, physical payloads, and signature profiles.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Customer is requesting a seasoned Intelligence Analyst preferably with multi-INT expertise, excellent research, writing, and briefing skills to customer senior leadership, as they pertain to an intelligence environment supporting critical operations.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Lead Intelligence Analyst, Counter-UAS & RF Threats

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How this job compares

Set against the 779 open Intelligence Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$118–201K/yr
  • Virginia median$100–150K/yr173 salary ranges
  • US median$92–150K/yr586 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $159K, is 25% above the Virginia median midpoint ($127K) — in the top quarter of Intelligence Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 207 open Intelligence Analyst jobs in Virginia and 779 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Intelligence Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 655 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 224 of the 779 open Intelligence Analyst jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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