Test Engineer, Staff Principal

Responsibilities

• Supports complex FMS test tasks coordinating and managing test planning, development and execution.
• Works with outside offices including, but not limited to, DCMA, FMS partners, test organizations, and AFSAC to coordinate activities and to resolve issues.
• Supports partner nation F-15 avionics and weapons capabilities; complex weapon(s) integration; aircraft operations and employment; OFP requirements development; aircraft mission and support equipment; authorized aircraft configurations and capabilities; aircraft subsystems; and systems integration.
• Provide expert-level issue resolution and recommendation support to achieve desired program outcomes to situations that may include, but not limited to, test site planning and stand up, DCMA and prime weapon system contractor roles, CONOPS development, and test process implementation.
• Provide capability of the T&E processes to assist in the designing, planning, execution, analysis and reporting phases of T&E programs to assess the performance of aeronautical systems, subsystems, and equipment, as they progress through the various acquisition phases and milestones.
• Review/develop/update applicable program documentation for T&E management relevant requirements across the full spectrum of actions required to award contracts and accomplish test program execution, to include, but not limited to, tasks related pre-award documentation, evaluation criteria development, contractor proposals evaluation, post-award documentation actions, Statement of Capabilities, TEMPs, and Operational Test Readiness Review (OTRR) documentation.
• Perform an advisory role, as required, for Government program source selections on all T&E management-related requirements.
• Support program team meetings, working groups, and reviews as required.
• The Contractor shall provide support to any Integrated Test Team (ITT) activities as required.
• Aid in the determination and definition of aircraft configuration requirements, and modifications.
• Review, analyze and identify potential updates to TOs and TCTOs, drawings, ECPs, IPBs and other applicable SI technical data.
• Determine the capability and availability of major DoD and civilian test resources and facilities to include planning and organizing the flight and ground testing of an aircraft, subsystems or components involving weapon system contractors, other USAF or Allied test organizations, and DoD agencies.
• Recommend and assess test data requirements necessary to meet Government program test objectives within program cost and schedule constraints.
• Prepares, maintains, updates, and reviews the full range of test plans and test-related (T&E strategies, requirements and objectives) documentation for adequacy, specification/performance requirement compliance, conformity with mandatory guidance, and provide recommendations as necessary for improvement.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge, experience and recognized ability to be considered an industry leader in their technical/professional field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience as a US military fighter/bomber, pilot, or weapons systems officer background and an understanding of 4th/5th generation fighter weapons systems integration operational employment and weapons capability and software development processes.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in test and evaluation/test management, to include software development, test planning, certification, and evaluation.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience supporting the requirements of the foreign partner through the FMS programs/policies.
• Possesses the ability to perform tasks and oversee the efforts of junior, journeyman, and senior contractor personnel within and across multiple technical/professional disciplines.