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C22A Military Technical Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Signals Analyst

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Overview

A Military Technical Electronic Intelligence Signals Analyst performs advanced measurements on noncommunications signals using analog and digital equipment. The analyst determines and manages the required procedures and priorities for noncommunications collection.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Advanced signal measurement with analog and digital equipment
  • Non-communications collection procedures and priority setting

Civilian Career Paths

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DIA Analysis Officer

Advanced measurement of non-communications signals and management of collection priorities provide a technical foundation for DIA's military-capabilities analysis specialty.

How to prepare: Prepare an unclassified analytical writing sample connecting technical observations to military capabilities, then practice explaining your reasoning for DIA's writing test and interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship and a granted security clearance, with background screening, drug testing, and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Measuring non-communications signals with analog and digital equipment transfers to test-focused work analyzing electronic equipment performance.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics lab course covering schematic reading and component-level testing to extend signal-measurement experience into bench testing.

What the civilian work involves
  • Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC C22A

    [1] NEC entry "C22A - Military Technical Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Signals Analyst."; cached text line 3086; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Advanced signal measurement with analog and digital equipment, Non-communications collection procedures and priority setting, DIA Analysis Officer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

  2. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

    [2] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

    [3] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  4. O*NET: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

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