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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical, aerospace, materials, or manufacturing) or another technical field (mathematics, computer science, chemistry, or physics).
• At least six years of practical knowledge of military aircraft systems and related fields.
• Relevant military aircraft knowledge may include flight controls; avionics and other electrical subsystems; low observables systems design, manufacturing, and maintenance; propulsion systems; aircrew and human-machine interfaces; radar fundamentals and advanced electromagnetics theory; combat mission planning and weapons employment; and adversary threat capabilities.
• At least three years of developmental or operational test and evaluation experience, such as test design, sortie optimization, and data analysis using computer scripts or other computational mathematical techniques.
• Current Top Secret/SSBI clearance updated within the last five years, with eligibility for SCI and SAP access.
• U.S. citizenship; foreign nationals are not authorized to work on this effort.
• Ability to meet the safety and security training requirements of the SOW and applicable work plan and maintain enduring clearance eligibility.
• Demonstrated technical writing ability sufficient to produce test plans, reports, memoranda, and briefings for a Government audience.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience supporting bomber platforms (B-1, B-2, B-52, or B-21) in a test, operations, or program office role.
• Prior AFOTEC, Air Force Test Center, or DOT&E experience and working familiarity with AFI 99-103 and the AFOTEC OT&E manual.
• Experience as an integrated test team member across developmental, integrated, and operational test activities.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, or similar tools for data reduction and analysis.
• Working knowledge of Design of Experiments methods and applied statistics.
• Experience with modeling and simulation tools, including VV&A documentation.
• Prior DoD service experience in a relevant Duty Military Occupational Skill Category (DMOSC), where applicable to the assigned work plan.
• Current SCI and SAP accesses already in place.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze test options and determine effective and cost-effective methods for effectiveness and suitability testing.
• Develop test concepts, test methods, and analysis approaches for effectiveness and suitability evaluations.
• Determine test resources and schedules needed for recommended methods and participate in developing test resource plans.
• Identify test support tools for effectiveness testing, including tools specific to Bomber effectiveness testing.
• Recommend test facilities and ranges and identify improvements needed to create an operationally realistic environment.
• Recommend critical operational issues (COIs) and measures of effectiveness (MOEs) for assessment and test and evaluation.
• Develop evaluation methodologies and general analytic techniques, assess data requirements, and review tools needed to support evaluations.
• Review and contribute to OT&E-related requirements, plans, specifications, threat assessments, system descriptions, test plans and reports, design documents, and concepts of operation and employment.
• Develop test concepts and test plans, data management and analysis plans (DMAPs), and briefings for program, technical, and readiness reviews.
• Support preparation of memoranda for record, test event progress reports, quick-look summaries, test event reports, and draft sections of final reports.
• Prepare trip reports for program-related meetings and conferences attended.
• Lead, participate in, or attend program, technical, and test readiness reviews and related meetings, including integrated test team meetings and working groups.
• Facilitate core team meetings.
• Review and document lessons learned and incorporate lessons from other test efforts into test planning.
• Prepare for and participate in selected flight and ground tests as required.
• Support test execution in accordance with the applicable work plan, potentially covering shifts and deployment events on a 24-hour operational schedule during active test periods.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are met under AFOTEC and DOT&E policies and requirements.
• Comply with applicable program protection, information security, OPSEC, and ITAR requirements, and support program security risk assessment inputs as assigned.
• Perform other duties assigned within the scope of the task order and applicable work plan.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources
• Stock Option Plan