SOF WIU.009

Credence•Bath Township, OH

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Credence is seeking a Principal Communication/Navigation Engineer to support the Fixed Wing Modification Branch AFLCMC/WIU at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. The program provides modification and sustainment support for special operations/personnel recovery (SOF/PR) and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The engineer provides communications, navigation, avionics, and CNS/ATM engineering support throughout the acquisition lifecycle, including development, integration, testing, certification, deployment, and sustainment. The position supports navigation-system development and modernization, FAA and National Airspace System compliance and certification, navigation databases, mission-planning systems, airworthiness, OSS&E, safety certification, and acquisition engineering. Work includes technical analysis and documentation, systems requirements and architecture review, trade studies, risk assessment and mitigation, technical evaluations, source-selection support, and coordination with government agencies, suppliers, and other stakeholders. The role also participates in technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and configuration boards and prepares technical briefings and recommendations. The position requires an active or current Secret security clearance or higher, verifiable in DISS. Qualifying experience and education may be met through one of the stated alternatives: a related ABET-accredited engineering master’s or doctorate with at least 20 years of relevant experience, including 12 years in DoW/DoD; a related ABET-accredited engineering bachelor’s degree with at least 25 years of relevant experience, including 15 years in DoW/DoD; or 30 years of directly related experience with the specified certifications, including 20 years in DoW/DoD.

Requirements

Must have an active or current Secret security clearance or higher, verifiable in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS).
One qualifying education and experience path is required: a master’s or doctorate in a related field from an ABET-accredited engineering program and at least 20 years of experience in the relevant technical/professional discipline, including 12 years in DoW/DoD.
Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in a related field from an ABET-accredited engineering program and at least 25 years of experience in the relevant technical/professional discipline, including 15 years in DoW/DoD.
Alternatively, at least 30 years of directly related experience with proper certifications described in the PWS labor-category performance requirements, including 20 years in DoW/DoD.
Experience supporting aircraft communications, navigation, CNS/ATM systems, mission-planning systems, avionics modernization, and acquisition-lifecycle engineering activities.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering support for aircraft communications, navigation, and avionics systems throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
Support CNS/ATM system requirements development, integration, testing, certification, deployment, and sustainment.
Serve as a CNI subject matter expert for navigation-system development and modernization.
Support FAA and National Airspace System compliance, certification, and performance assessment activities.
Manage and support navigation databases, mission-planning systems, and associated avionics technologies.
Coordinate with government agencies, suppliers, and stakeholders to support system integration and certification.
Develop technical documentation for systems engineering, airworthiness, OSS&E, and safety certification activities.
Support compliance with MIL-HDBK-516, MIL-STD-882, and DAFI 63-1201.
Plan, analyze, and evaluate efforts to define weapon-system and subsystem requirements; translate requirements into design criteria; evaluate alternative designs; develop system specifications; and perform trade studies.
Review system design baselines, architectures, interoperability requirements, specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and integration approaches; identify risks and provide recommendations.
Conduct technical assessments, evaluate proposals, perform trade studies, develop recommendations, and support engineering decisions throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
Evaluate technical risk and OSS&E, establish mitigation plans, and support risk-reduction efforts.
Support airworthiness determinations, Military Flight Releases (MFRs), MACC development, tailored airworthiness criteria, and compliance with MIL-HDBK-516.
Apply DoD acquisition engineering principles and support source selections; develop acquisition strategies, technical evaluation criteria, PWSs, RFPs, and CDRLs.
Support requirements management using DOORS and architecture tools; participate in technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and configuration boards; prepare technical briefings and recommendations.
Support requirements development, trade studies, system specifications, architecture analysis, integration, verification, and DOORS-based requirements management.
Support airworthiness determinations, OSS&E assessments, FAA/NAS compliance, and certification in accordance with MIL-HDBK-516 and MIL-STD-882.
Support acquisition engineering, technical evaluations, source selection, risk assessments, mitigation planning, PWS/RFP/CDRL development, and lifecycle program activities.