Emerging Capabilities Transition Lead

Apogee Engineering, LLC•Bath Township, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is seeking a senior-level Emerging Capabilities Transition Lead to support the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. The role guides GSPO (R&D) operations and leads the research, development, integration, testing, and operational transition of emerging capabilities into the PIR Enterprise Platform and associated environments. The position helps bring technologies from concept to operational use while ensuring alignment with security, cloud optimization, and mission requirements. The position is contingent upon contract award and is listed as on-site, with occasional travel.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be eligible for TS/SCI and able to obtain and maintain required clearances.
Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Management, or a related field, or an allowed experience substitution: 8 additional years of relevant experience in place of the Master’s degree, or 4 additional years plus a Bachelor’s degree.
At least 10 years of experience in systems integration, R&D transition, or similar technical leadership roles.
Experience integrating and transitioning new capabilities into secure, cloud-hosted operational environments.
Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements, ATO processes, and vulnerability management.
Strong coordination, facilitation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Gather, analyze, and document technical and operational requirements for emerging capabilities, including eliciting requirements from stakeholders and obtaining government approval.
Analyze requirements for completeness, consistency, feasibility, testability, traceability, and alignment with operational needs.
Plan, schedule, and facilitate collaborative design discussions, technical exchange meetings, and technical working groups among stakeholders.
Build consensus across technical and operational communities and coordinate with DoD, IC, industry, and academic stakeholders.
Document meeting outcomes, decisions, action items, and design choices.
Coordinate end-to-end integration, testing, and transition activities across R&D, testing, operations, and IT support teams.
Develop integrated transition plans and roadmaps covering development, testing, deployment, sustainment, milestones, and decision points.
Manage critical-path activities and dependencies, monitor progress, and address issues that threaten schedule or transition success.
Identify and mitigate technical, operational, and organizational transition risks; provide recommendations on prioritization and sequencing.
Coordinate transition activities with ongoing operations to minimize disruption and plan phased deployment where appropriate.
Coordinate fielding, operational handoff, deployment schedules, hardware delivery, software deployment, and configuration activities.
Ensure operational environments are prepared to receive new capabilities and coordinate rollout with operational users.
Support user training and change management, including developing training plans and coordinating curriculum and delivery with training teams.
Integrate sustainment planning into capability development by defining maintenance, support, and lifecycle requirements and coordinating with sustainment organizations.
Develop transition agreements and memoranda of agreement for capability transfer and ensure funding and resources are allocated for sustainment.
Coordinate technical integration across systems and platforms, including interface definitions and integration testing with external systems.
Resolve integration issues and incompatibilities and ensure interoperability with DoD and IC enterprise systems.
Support integration, system, and operational testing.
Ensure capability transitions align with security, cloud optimization, and mission requirements.