Equipment Specialist

McBride•Oklahoma City, OK

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

McBride Consulting is hiring an Equipment Specialist to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/Airborne Warning and Control System (AFLCMC/HBS/WIW). The AWACS Division delivers airborne Battle Management Command & Control capabilities for joint, allied, coalition, humanitarian, and homeland defense operations. Its modernization work includes revitalizing legacy mission systems, replacing aging computer architectures, integrating multi-sensor data fusion, improving expeditionary readiness and availability, supporting planned E-3 divestiture, and shaping future airborne C2 capabilities. This is a full-time hybrid position at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, with 20% travel to Hanscom and Seattle. The specialist supports equipment, engineering, technical orders, configuration management, and integrated logistics activities for program acquisition and sustainment.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must hold an active Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3 years of experience in the applicable technical or professional discipline, including 3 years in the DoD; alternatively, 7 years of directly related experience, including 5 years in the DoD.
Ability to provide technical support and analysis on field, depot, and modification program issues.
Ability to prepare or assist with TCTOs and review program-unique hardware and software specifications.
Experience maintaining and managing drawing packages and revisions.
Knowledge of configuration management principles, including DRs and AFTO forms, and applicable AFMC and DoD guidance.
Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite for documentation, technical reports, data packages, and communications.
Strong communication skills for coordination with engineers, sustainment personnel, and program managers.
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and manage documentation, configuration management activities, and support actions.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional engineering, logistics, and configuration management stakeholders.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills related to configuration issues, technical discrepancies, and sustainment challenges.
Reliable time-management skills to process TCTOs, drawing updates, and technical data reviews on time.

Nice To Haves

Background in range systems, or related experience with radar or other electronics systems at the system, subsystem, or commodity level during all program phases.

Responsibilities

Review program-unique system, development, and product specifications for hardware and software, recommending changes to ensure proper format, content, and compliance with program requirements and standards.
Maintain current drawing packages for modifications, ensuring the latest drawings are on file, and ship or transmit packages and revisions.
Provide technical support and analysis on field, depot, and modification program issues.
Prepare or assist with Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTOs) for configuration changes and inspections.
Support Configuration Control Board (CCB) and subordinate board directives by coordinating with Technical Content Managers on publication and distribution of technical order changes.
Support engineering plans and OSS&E baselines through configuration management, including management of DRs, AFTO 22s, and AFTO 252s, and produce monthly performance metrics for those items.
Support configuration control by receiving, disseminating, processing, tracking, and recommending dispositions for change notices, proposals, deviation and waiver requests, deficiency reports, airworthiness notes, service actions and bulletins, aircraft service changes, notices of deficiency, and quality control plans.
Review change proposals for management impacts and Government compliance; recommend actions for Government review and disposition; assist with CCB and subordinate board preparation and conduct; maintain proposal files and historical information.
Support Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs), Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), and compliance audits, including auditing hardware and software configuration items, tracking action items, and preparing minutes.
Assist with Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and prepare meeting minutes.
Assist with transition to a digital technical order system.
Monitor modification parts listings for items not loaded in the National Stock Number system and process non-stock-listed items into the Defense Logistics Agency system.
Monitor and process parts lists used for contractor logistics support, provisioning, and configuration management planning and documentation.
Assist with developing standard and system-specific drawing packages for configuration management.
Access system data in program tools and databases to help develop OSS&E reporting data and documentation.
Provide input to the Technical Order Life Cycle Management Plan.
Maintain Government Furnished Equipment inventory lists, including physical inventories as required.
Perform or assist with technical order validation and verification, provide technical maintenance and technical order support to users, and assist the Technical Orders Management Agency with cataloging and tracking technical orders.
Develop methods, plans, and feedback requirements for technical order management and support TO data requirements, including associated TCTO forms and coordination sheets.
Provide integrated logistics support, including provisioning and source coding, maintenance data collection, technical order validation, configuration management data, quality deficiency report analysis, and identification of alternate sources of supply.
Review Air Force directives and provide Government feedback on the effectiveness and efficiency of Combat & Mission Support Systems, maintenance management, and practices affecting program acquisition and sustainment.
Evaluate adherence to Government and Air Force standards, maintenance and equipment procedures, and proper use of systems, facilities, and support personnel.
Support Integrated Product Teams with research related to branch maintenance and equipment management.
Conduct Logistics Supportability Analysis of Illustrated Parts Breakdowns to assess piece-part availability for Shop Replaceable Unit and Line Replaceable Unit repair.
Maintain system baselines to reflect current fielded configurations when parts or supplier information, including CAGE codes for substitutions, changes.
Use Government-provided software to identify errors, equipment issues, and non-mission-capable time, and recommend actions to improve readiness.