Program Manager F-16 WAM (Top Secret) - PID 81

Credence•Bath Township, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Credence is hiring a Senior Program Manager to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center WAM (AFLCMC/WAM) directorate’s F-16 division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The role supports F-16 program management activities involving software development, integration, testing, sustainment, requirements, and acquisition. The F-16 program includes extensive Foreign Military Sales activity and the Multi-National Fighter Program, requiring support for U.S. and allied-country requirements and international program processes. The position assists the Government with managing program risks, cost, schedule, and performance; coordinating multiple contracts and integration efforts; developing and reviewing program documentation and briefings; and advising leadership on capability trade-offs. It supports operational needs, including Urgent Operational Needs, and work across user, engineering, acquisition, and contractor communities. The role also supports F-16 avionics, weapons, sensors, electronic warfare, aircraft software, testing, and transition to organic software development capabilities. A Top Secret clearance is required. Candidates must meet one of the stated education and experience pathways: a related master’s degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience, including at least five years in DoD; a related bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience, including five years in DoD; or 15 years of directly related experience with appropriate certifications, including eight years in DoD. The posting also specifies substantial fighter-aircraft, F-16, software development, and test-management experience.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance.
One of the following qualifications: a related master’s degree and at least 10 years of relevant technical or professional experience, including at least five years in DoD; a related bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience, including five years in DoD; or 15 years of directly related experience with appropriate certifications, including eight years in DoD.
At least 10 years of fighter/bomber or related aircraft experience, with detailed knowledge of USAF program requirements.
Experience with F-16 avionics and weapons capabilities, complex weapons integration, aircraft operations and employment, PVI development, OFP software requirements and development processes, MNFP processes, aircraft mission and support equipment, aircraft configurations and subsystems, systems integration, and advanced sensor integration.
At least five years of test and test-management experience, including software development.
Fighter-aircraft operational knowledge.
Senior-leader-level experience at HQ USAF or HQ ACC.
At least 10 years of experience with user requirements, test planning, management, certification, and evaluation.

Nice To Haves

At least five years of direct F-16 experience is recommended.
Experience supporting allied foreign governments in an international environment is recommended.
USAF Major Command expertise, ideally at HQ USAF or HQ ACC, is recommended.

Responsibilities

Assist in managing risk, cost, schedule, and performance for software development efforts and report monthly through the Project Management Resource Tool (PMRT).
Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate assignments within the Government acquisition process.
Support software development and integration, including scope definition and selection of problems for investigation.
Support the program director at executive-level reviews, inspections, conferences, evaluations, and major milestone events.
Establish and maintain contacts among the program office, Government support offices, contractors, and higher headquarters staff.
Analyze warfighter requirements with ACC and advise F-16 Division leadership on mission-critical capability trade-offs.
Support Urgent Operational Needs (UONs), including development and testing activities and recommendations on accelerated test concepts, minimum integration levels, and risk, schedule, performance, and cost trade-offs.
Support Operational Flight Program (OFP) software development and testing, interpret user requirements, and support the Multi-National Fighter Program cost-sharing process.
Support strategic and program planning, systems and weapons integration, requirements assessment, and program evaluations.
Provide integration, communication, coordination, organizational, and planning support across F-16 technical and acquisition activities.
Support Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and working groups, acting as a liaison between user requirements and engineering activities.
Prepare concise program-status briefings and charts for senior staff and present program status at meetings.
Support the F-16 chief engineer in investigating and resolving fielded-program deficiencies, including Crisis Management Team activities.
Conduct studies and trade-off analyses for potential capabilities in future USAF or FMS software.
Advise and assist the Government with complex program management, multiple-contract coordination, and annual funding requirements.
Assist with project cost estimates and support systems engineering and configuration management requirements.
Investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, and evaluate program solutions, and provide issue-resolution and recommendation support across program management, logistics, maintenance, supply, financial management, test, security, information management, and contracting.
Support international programs and implementation of foreign-government requirements.
Support F-16 avionics and weapons capabilities, complex weapon integration, aircraft operations and employment, PVI and OFP software requirements, MNFP development processes, mission and support equipment, aircraft configurations and subsystems, systems integration, and advanced sensor integration.
Coordinate identification and requirements development for new USAF hardware integration and software development programs; conduct technical assessments and assist with cost estimates.
Support Government-contractor work-share agreements between Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and organic software development at OO-ALC, including complex subsystem integration and coordination for sensors, weapons, and electronic warfare equipment.
Support the transition and stand-up of an organic F-16 software development capability, coordinating unique requirements and funding timelines.
Assist with test execution, integration, and sustainment support for software upgrades, including AGCAS integration in current OFP software.
Support the Avionics System Requirements Review Conference and Cockpit Review Team processes for initial requirements definition and PVI development supporting HQ ACC initiatives.
Bridge acquisition and user communities, including military pilots, navigators, and weapons systems officers, with software development activities.
Manage software supporting AESA radar design try-out activities for radar risk reduction.
Prepare and review meeting data, coordinate with managers, and finalize documentation for meetings including IPT meetings, Program Management Reviews, TIMs, and conferences.
Serve as lead technical advisor to the F-16 materiel leader and support senior leaders in identifying cost efficiencies for aircraft trainer and simulator programs.