Acquisition Engineer (Aerospace, Aviation, Aircraft, Airworthiness, Etc.)

Location: Dayton, Ohio (Hybrid: In Office & Home) | Full-Time/Regular | US Citizenship required | Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance

About the role

COLSA Corporation is seeking candidates for Acquisition Engineers who want to apply their expertise to improve performance and sustainability of existing and future Air Force and joint service weapon systems. This posting may be used to identify candidates for future opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Systems Engineering: Provide assistance in the development, procurement, sustainment, and modification of aircraft systems, subsystems, components, and equipment.
• Avionics Engineering: Apply knowledge of avionics engineering in support of avionics subsystem definition, development, integration, verification methods (including review of ICDs), sustainment, modeling/simulation, test and evaluation, and airworthiness certification across a wide range of hardware and software systems.
• Systems Security Engineer: Support the Systems Engineer with program engineering milestone reviews, test planning, and certification and accreditation packages. Review, develop, and update applicable systems security engineering program documentation.
• Electrical Engineer: Apply knowledge of electrical engineering in support of electrical power systems, avionics subsystem definition, development, integration, verification methods, sustainment, modeling/simulation, testing and evaluation, and airworthiness certification.
• Manufacturing/Quality Assurance Engineer: Assist in developing and assessing defect prevention strategies and processes for development, production, and deployment of hardware. Perform Quality Assurance (QA) analyses to ensure hardware systems can be produced by controlled manufacturing processes at manageable risk. Conduct special studies and analyze broad QA issues, including process variability reduction, statistical process/quality control, defect prevention, metrology, nondestructive evaluation, and automated inspection. Review and assess contractor QA planning and progress. Evaluate quality systems of weapon system primes/subcontractors or depots.
• Reliability and Maintainability Engineer: Assist in developing an effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process to ensure user’s weapon system R&M requirements are clearly defined and achieved. Review the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) and reliability standard reports. Assist in reviewing the overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability requirements).
• Software Engineer: Demonstrate knowledge of software engineering in support of design, development, testing, evaluation, implementation, maintenance, and administration of software systems. Apply extensive knowledge in software assurance practices and tools, including architecture and design analysis tools, origin analyzers, source code weakness analyzers, and binary analyzers. Assist in reviewing, developing, and updating applicable program documentation for software engineering requirements.
• Systems Integration Engineer: Perform systems engineering, including systems design and integration, manufacturing, quality and industrial engineering, airworthiness, and configuration and data management. Assist in developing, deploying, and maintaining processes to ensure weapon systems are fully integrated, manufactured, sustained, and operationally safe throughout their lifecycle. Apply OSS&E and airworthiness processes, provide risk assessments, safety analysis, and address high-priority safety issues.
• Systems Safety Engineer: Accomplish system safety engineering tasks, including risk assessment and system safety programs, to ensure all systems procured are safe to operate and maintain. Review and assist with the development of system safety program plans, hazard analyses, risk assessments, and resolution of safety issues/risks.
• Training Systems Engineer: Provide assistance with training system requirements, including definition, development, integration, verification methods, sustainment, modeling/simulation, test and evaluation, and certification. Assist with reviewing, developing, and updating applicable program documentation for training systems requirements.
• Aeronautical Engineer: Support the mechanical systems integrity program, maintain and update the critical safety item list, and monitor airworthiness certification for aircraft. Support disciplined engineering activities to assure OSS&E for all products.
• Flight Systems Engineer: Provide assistance with the development, procurement, sustainment, and modification of aircraft flight systems, subsystems, components, and equipment.
• Structures Engineer: Provide technical expertise on all aspects of aircraft structural integrity and airworthiness. Provide assistance in the development, procurement, sustainment, and modification of aircraft structures systems, subsystems, components, and equipment.
• Communication/Navigation Engineer: Assist with technical requirements compliance pertaining to avionics development, test, sustainment, and operations for navigation, voice communication systems, Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) data link systems, military and civilian communication networks, network protocols, Information Protection Security (IPSec), SOAP/XML packaging, and air data systems.
• Escape Systems Engineer: Apply expertise in design, development, production, procurement, and testing of aircraft crew systems and escape systems, including emergency escape and egress, ejection seats, human physiological limits, injury criteria, escape system modeling, energetics (CAD/PAD), and crashworthiness.
• Optical/Visual Systems Engineer: Assist with technical requirements generation and compliance determination for mechanical, electrical, optical, and software systems for imaging sensors, visual displays, and image generation products. Assist with analysis, requirements generation, characterization, testing, and verification of optical component performance, including sensors, lenses, mirrors, and displays.
• Technology Integration Engineering Subject Matter Expert: Serve as a subject matter expert for systems integration and electronics/communications/technology engineering areas of interest, acquisition planning, and technology assessment. Incorporate these facets into acquisition planning, rapid prototyping, rapid fielding, and other acquisition programs or activities.

Requirements

• BS/MS degree in an ABET-accredited engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 10-15+ years’ functional area experience (education and years of experience may be modified at the discretion of the EPASS CO).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Skype/Lync), Adobe Acrobat, and web applications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the required level.
• US Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior engineering expertise in support of USAF aircraft and systems.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Supplemental Income Protection Programs
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Education & Certification Reimbursement
• Employee Discount Program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays