FMS Systems Engineering Support with Security Clearance

Position: FMS Systems Engineering Support Location: Fairborn, Ohio, Wright-Patterson AFB Security Clearance Required: Secret Clearance Position Type / Standard Work Hours: Full-time/40 hours per week Summary / Objective: Support the general engineering requirements as they may relate to FMS responsibilities. Provide support, either in part or in whole, to other engineering support requirements, to meet changing mission needs and priorities of aircraft research, development, production, and lifecycle acquisition and sustainment activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist the Government by providing all required engineering support to accomplish FMS activities, investigation and rectification of issues affecting FMS, interfacing with both government and Contractor SMEs and other parties as required to address FMS inquiries, and in general to satisfy program needs.
• Assist the Government by providing advisory assistance/witnessing Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) for both aircraft and GCSs with the FMS country representatives.
• Assist the Government in the effort to support, track and provide USAF existing documentation/information for country-specific airworthiness certification requirements IAW approved Delegation of Disclosure Letters (DDLs).
• Assist the engineering team leader in developing engineering procedures and contr ols, assisting in the management of project efforts, and recommending problem resolution for aircraft research, development, production, and lifecycle acquisition and sustainment activities; interface with weapons system Contractors, vendors, and Government representatives regarding the technical aspects of engineering activities; independently apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, oversee, and evaluate weapons system development and sustainment activities; review and prepare engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation; and provide engineering expertise, oversight, and participation to activities involving weapons system and associated SE hardware/software development, integration and test, configuration management, QA testing, and acquisition and resource management.
• Support the development and advancement of MQ-9 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capabilities to include, and is not necessarily limited to; improved sensor capabilities, correlation or fusion of SAR with other sensor and intelligence products, improved processing and human machine interface, and improvements in general otherwise affecting the processing, dissemination and exploitation of SAR and fused/correlated multi-sensor products amongst stakeholders (i.e. ACC, ANG, AFSOC, Department of Homeland Security, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, and other US customers/agencies).
• Interface with AFRL, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other technology agencies for future potential transition of advanced SAR technologies (including but not limited to Gotcha, Video SAR, Air to Ground Hydra-Vision, RDUCE), EO/IR, and other sensor, communications, and data processing/exploitation technologies.
• Support the development and further advancement of multi-sensor cross-queuing, fusion and related integration technologies to provide enhanced counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) capability, detection of time critical targets, and in general for enhanced mission effectiveness and CONOPs. Required Education and/or Experience:
• MA/MS degree and twelve years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in the DoD.

OR

• BA/BS degree, and fifteen years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in the DoD.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree from an ABET Accredited program Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not supervise the work of others.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands: Must be able to operate a computer and other standard office equipment.

Travel: Very little. AAP /

EEO Statement: BTAS is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. BTAS is an E-Verify program participant.