Acquisition Program Engineer, Senior with Security Clearance

About the role

The Long-Range Systems Division (EBJ) delivers advanced, long-range, precise air-launched weapon capabilities. EBJ develops, produces, and sustains the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), JASSM-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), and any new Long-Range air delivered systems. Additionally, the division is responsible for all foreign military sales (FMS) of Long-Range System.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and support all engineering and technical activities required during the material solution analysis, technology, engineering, and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operation and support phases of the systems acquisition process to include the following: requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation (V/V), transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management.
• Conduct technical reviews, audits, and system engineering technical reviews and the planning and execution of all necessary technical reviews, assessments, and interchange meetings.
• Implement robust processes to address the life-cycle requirements of each product support area.
• Provide developmental planning support in evaluation of the military mission to be accomplished and related requirements documentation.
• Compare the ability of existing and/or derivative existing systems to meet mission needs/requirements.
• Advise and assist with detailing the operational requirements and the functional interactions within the system and with other systems, considering life cycle costs, logistics supportability, human factors, etc., to determine if the basic building blocks of the system are defined in sufficient detail to support a development program effort.
• Plan the integration of existing engineering technology into systems.
• Support AoAs for aircraft, cruise missile and weapon systems, in compliance with applicable criteria of DoDD 5000.01, DoDI 5000.02 and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) guidelines.
• Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing, developing, testing, and evaluating systems and subsystems.
• Perform reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, and analyses and provide technical recommendations to the Government.
• Review and analyze proposals or modifications for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
• Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment and simulator requirements; prepare technical documentation; and provide engineering evaluation of equipment and simulator designs.
• Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk, and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Conduct, make, or buy analyses for systems, subsystems and components of principal, support, and test equipment.
• Conduct and evaluate time and engineering cost estimates in support of research, development, test, training, and acquisition of armament related systems.
• Apply skills and knowledge of drafting and Government drafting specifications and regulations to review, evaluate and monitor weapon system prime contractor and supplier drawings for completeness, currency, technical accuracy and conformance to requirements, specifications, regulations, and quality control.
• Advise and assist with weapon system contractor-related source selection tasks, to include but not limited to, recommending evaluation areas, factors, sub-factors, elements and criteria; developing and administering source selection documentation; developing, reviewing and finalizing reports, summaries, memorandums and briefings necessary to the source selection process; analyzing and reviewing proposals in a non-decision making role as an advisor (not an evaluator); and preparing responses to the proposals.
• Develop, prepare, review, and integrate selected milestone review documentation, periodic reports, and certifications as identified in DoDI 5000.02 and AF Supplement 1, and recommend and prepare changes.
• Engineering Products. Develop munition or subsystem proposal technical trade studies and other documentation for integration, upgrade, and modification efforts, to include aircraft integration.
• Provide independent analysis of system readiness for production and risk management.
• Provide FMS case management support.
• Conduct reviews on armament programs portfolio to evaluate and/or recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs/processes, manage/sustain program technical baseline, and design/perform system level tests to assure that subsystems and system performance is achieved IAW approved specifications; perform program reviews to evaluate alternative proposed plans, systems engineering programs, design and test results to assure that subsystem and system performance is achieved IAW program specifications; prepare technical documents which define, specify, and recommend system/subsystem characteristics.
• Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations for planning, implementation and corrective actions using application of engineering principles; perform validation of systems, including development of criteria and procedures.
• Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering weapon systems.
• Provide system/program engineering, technical support and technical training to support programs/initiatives, including but not limited to, acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, continued evolution, deployment/fielding and installation, and operations oversight; provide engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities in compliance with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
• Provide engineering support to conduct formal trade studies based on engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule; provide technical recommendation support services, including reviews, studies, audits, evaluations and analyses, scientific and procedural guidance, documentation, technical analysis, and support of associated engineering IPTs.
• Provide proposal analysis support services that compare and quantify proposed systems, components, approaches for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness; provide concepts and requirements analyses support services including, but not limited to, reviewing and analyzing: Initial Capabilities Documents; CDDs; CPDs; AoAs; Military Utility Assessments (MUAs); CONOPS; Technology Development Strategies; Functional Configuration Audits/Physical Configuration Audits (FCAs/PCAs), and; Technology Standards Profiles.
• Shall possess knowledge and experience in technical requirements development, planning, cybersecurity implementations, information assurance and system/ program protection implementations. Electromagnetic Environment Effects (E3) analysis, spectrum management, standards implementations, information technology analysis, engineering and technical analysis, test and control functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited college plus 20 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited college plus 15 years of relevant experience; or PhD in engineering from an ABET-accredited college plus 5 years of professional experience.
• This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must have an active Secret Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.