Senior Test & Evaluation Manager

KBR, Inc.•Eglin AFB, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. KBR, Inc. is seeking a highly-experienced Defense Acquisition Program Senior Test and Evaluation (T&E) Manager to join our dynamic team at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida. The successful candidate will provide critical T&E planning, management and decision support to the Director/Chief Engineering Leader during the acquisition of Air Force and joint service air-to-air and/or air-to-ground weapons. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong background in defense acquisition T&E and a proven ability to lead complex test programs.

Requirements

Current Top Secret, SCI Eligible clearance
SAP eligibility (Counterintelligence Polygraph may be required)
Bachelors Degree
15+ years experience executing the required tasks
Experience planning, coordinating and executing weapon test events with the 96th Test Wing, 728th TW, 53rd Wing, 780th TS, and other national test ranges
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, internal and customer facing
Availability for ad-hoc and recurring customer and team meetings during core business hours.
Position likely to have limited telework.

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree in related field
Former Test Manger/Test Lead, or Test and Evaluation Senior Support Manager of an ACAT I Defense Acquisition program with 15+ years experience
Direct experience on ACAT I programs in the development phase
Experience as a Test Manager on an air-to-air or air-to-ground weapons program
Experience bringing Agile, Digital Engineering, or advanced data integration management techniques to bear on Defense Acquisition

Responsibilities

Develop and lead the overall T&E strategy, master plans, and schedules for assigned major acquisition programs, ensuring alignment with program goals and warfighter needs.
Design, plan, coordinate, execute, and analyze comprehensive test and evaluation plans, events, scenarios, and procedures to verify and validate armament systems against performance requirements.
Serve as the primary point of contact for T&E coordination with government customers, senior leaders, and external contractors. Coordinate with outside test organizations, including the 96th Test Wing, 728th TW, 53rd Wing, 780th TS, and other national test ranges.
Participate in and lead T&E Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and other cross-functional working groups to ensure seamless program integration.
Develop critical T&E documentation, including Test and Evaluation Strategies (TES), Integrated Test Team (ITT) Charters, and Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs). Prepare and review criteria, computation/analyses, specifications, cost estimates, test plans, and technical reports.
Create and maintain risk documentation, developing and implementing mitigation strategies for the program manager's portfolio. Analyze performance anomalies to determine root causes, failure mechanisms, and potential remedies.
Assist in the development of system cost estimates by identifying and phasing the work required to meet warfighter needs. Provide senior-level test support to leadership discussions with industry counterparts, offering insights into performance and testing.
Develop complex simulation scenarios to evaluate product performance under a wide range of operational conditions.

Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.
We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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