Principal Aircraft Integration Engineer

Roles And Responsibilities

• Lead Family of Affordable Mass Missiles (FAMM) physical/electrical aircraft integration across USAF and related platforms.
• Serve as Program Interface Manager and primary Point of Contact (POC), collaborating with cross-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), prime contractors, and external agencies throughout the weapon lifecycle.
• Develop, maintain, and update the Interface Control Document (ICD), define message traffic, and author Interface Change Notices.
• Ensure all activities comply with safety, environmental, airworthiness, systems engineering, and Foreign Disclosure requirements.
• Advise leadership by proactively identifying cost, schedule, and performance risks, and provide actionable mitigation strategies to reduce time-to-flight and integration lead times.
• Develop and implement advanced Test & Evaluation (T&E) strategies and validation methodologies.
• Provide weapon support at Software Integration Laboratory (SIL) events, reviewing procedures and reports.
• Proactively resolve integration issues for novel systems to improve reliability, survivability, and lethality in a rapid fielding environment.
• Maintain mastery and serve as the office authority for MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-1553, and other USG Universal Armament Interface (UAI) languages and protocols.
• Ensure the longevity of this technical expertise within the office.
• Develop comprehensive training materials and brief combat operators and staff on FAMM capabilities.
• Travel as required by the government customer to support meetings, events, and program milestones.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a similar field and 8-14 years of relevant experience.
• Desired: Master of Science/Master of Engineering (MS/ME) degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a similar field is highly desired with 6-12 years of relevant experience.

Clearance Requirements

• Top Secret clearance is required.
• Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.