Acquisition Program Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for an Acquisition Program Engineer at the journeyman level to support The Air Dominance Division, AFLCMC/EBA, has responsibility for developing, producing, and sustaining Counter-Air, Counter-Air Defense, and Aerial Targets (including control and payload systems) for our nation's warfighters and foreign military customers. The Division provides advanced, high-impact, highly classified armament technologies and capabilities to meet joint Air Force, Navy, and Army warfighter requirements and creates enduring Air Dominance through agile, innovative solutions.

This job is onsite at Eglin AFB, FL.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the duties listed below:

• Conduct reviews of armament program portfolios to evaluate and recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs and processes, manage and sustain program technical baselines, and design and perform system-level tests to ensure subsystem and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved specifications.
• Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective actions using the application of engineering principles; perform system validation, including development of criteria and procedures.
• Analyze and evaluate results of major engineering weapon systems and provide technical recommendations to the Government.
• Provide system and program engineering, technical support, and technical training for acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment, fielding, installation, operations oversight, and continued evolution of armament programs and initiatives.
• Support program and project risk management activities in compliance with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
• Conduct and support engineering activities across the systems acquisition life cycle, including material solution analysis, technology development, engineering and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operations and support.
• Support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management.
• Develop and prepare engineering and technical documentation, including systems engineering plans, technical review artifacts, written reports, briefings, audits, assessments, and other required program artifacts.
• Plan, support, and execute technical reviews, audits, systems engineering technical reviews, assessments, interchange meetings, Critical Design Reviews, Manufacturing Readiness Assessments, Reliability Technical Interchange Meetings, and associated entry/exit criteria.
• Produce architecture that assesses user needs, document planned and existing systems, identify deficiencies, develop alternative solutions, recommend solutions, and support implementation planning.
• Provide developmental planning support, including evaluation of military missions, mission needs, and related requirements documentation.
• Compare existing or derivative systems against mission needs and requirements, considering operational requirements, system interactions, life cycle costs, logistics supportability, and human factors.
• Plan the integration of existing engineering technologies into armament and weapon systems.
• Support Analyses of Alternatives for aircraft, cruise missile, and weapon systems in compliance with DoDD 5000.01, DoDI 5000.02, and applicable Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense guidance.
• Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing, developing, testing, and evaluating systems and subsystems.
• Perform reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, analyses, and technical recommendations related to weapon systems engineering, acquisition, and sustainment.
• Review and analyze proposals or modifications for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
• Provide proposal analysis support comparing and quantifying proposed systems, components, and technical approaches for feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
• Provide concepts and requirements analysis support, including review and analysis of Initial Capabilities Documents, Capability Development Documents, Capability Production Documents, Analyses of Alternatives, Military Utility Assessments, CONOPS, Technology Development Strategies, Functional Configuration Audits, Physical Configuration Audits, and Technology Standards Profiles.
• Review and analyze system concepts and approved user requirements entered into system requirements baselines, including functional, allocated, and product baselines.
• Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment, and simulator requirements; prepare technical documentation; and evaluate equipment and simulator designs.
• Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk, and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Conduct simulation studies to evaluate armament system development and acquisition, including system and component performance, engineering trade-offs, system effectiveness, and logistics.
• Conduct make-or-buy analyses for systems, subsystems, components, support equipment, test equipment, and principal equipment; evaluate time and engineering cost estimates supporting research, development, test, training, and acquisition of armament systems.
• Perform engineering tasks related to advanced aircraft, cruise missiles, weapon systems, munitions systems, and range systems requirements and performance.
• Develop and use analytical and simulation techniques to optimize system performance and effectiveness, establish system sensitivities, define system parameters, evaluate hardware, and validate flight test results.
• Apply drafting knowledge and Government drafting specifications to review, evaluate, and monitor weapon system prime contractor and supplier drawings for completeness, currency, technical accuracy, and conformance to requirements.
• Advise and assist with weapon system contractor source selection tasks, including evaluation areas, factors, subfactors, elements, criteria, source selection documentation, proposal analysis, and related reports, briefings, memoranda, and responses in a non-decision-making advisory role.
• Develop, prepare, review, and integrate selected milestone review documentation, periodic reports, and certifications identified in DoDI 5000.02 and applicable Air Force supplements.
• Develop munition or subsystem proposal technical trade studies and documentation for integration, upgrade, and modification efforts, including aircraft integration.
• Provide independent analysis of system readiness for production and risk management.
• Provide Foreign Military Sales case management support and support international armaments cooperation and FMS activities that may be integral to development, production, fielding, and sustainment.
• Analyze host aircraft/store compatibility requirements and develop interface control documents for captive carriage and release/launch of armament systems in compliance with MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-3014, MIL-A-8591, and Universal Armament Interface protocols.
• Evaluate mechanical, aerodynamic, electrical, logical, and logistical compatibility between U.S. and foreign fighter, bomber, and UAV aircraft; suspension and release equipment; and stores, including embedded computer hardware and software systems.
• Support aircraft and store integration involving electrical power, avionics, seekers, sensors, fire control, mission computers, pilot/vehicle interfaces, stores management systems, GPS, INS, and control actuators.
• Establish and manage Interface Control Working Groups and develop Interface Control Plans.
• Support integration of weapons and carriage systems into aircraft and airborne platform Operational Flight Programs.
• Manage development, updates, and assessment of proposed changes to mission planning systems, including Joint Mission Planning System, to support weapon system mission planning activities.
• Support aircraft integration activities, including Interface Control Working Groups, interface management groups, aircraft integration meetings, and aircraft Systems Integration Laboratory test activities.
• Support airworthiness certification activities, including testing, flight clearance, safe separation and jettison testing, and documentation supporting certification by USAF, Department of the Navy, and platform certification agencies.
• Evaluate and define system and subsystem interfaces, including aircraft interfaces, ground subsystem interfaces, and network interoperability interfaces such as RF, link margin, RF bandwidth, and baseband modulation.

Requirements

Education, Requirements and Qualifications:

A minimum of a Secret security clearance is required.

An ABET accredited bachelor’s degree in a related field and five (5) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed.

Or a ABET accredited master’s degree in a related field and three (3) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed.

Theoretical and practical knowledge of weapon systems engineering in the DoD acquisition process.

Knowledge and experience in the design, development, production, operation, and sustainment of air armament systems.

Experience executing tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle, from requirements analysis through system disposal.

Armament domain experience supporting engineering and technical tasks for air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, guided and unguided bombs, cruise missiles, cluster bomb units, nuclear payload guidance and control, directed energy systems, warheads, fuzes, seekers/sensors, ammunition, bomb racks, pylons, aerial targets, airborne test systems, air combat training and integrated instrumentation systems, radars, threat generators and simulators, Munitions Material Handling Equipment, containers, air base operability equipment, artillery and CAD/PAD, aircraft countermeasures, rockets, explosive release devices, and other USAF conventional munitions.

Knowledge and experience with host aircraft/store compatibility, MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-3014, MIL-A-8591, Universal Armament Interface protocols, Interface Control Working Groups, and Interface Control Plans.

Knowledge and experience with aircraft/store mechanical, aerodynamic, electrical, logical, and logistical compatibility; aircraft and store electrical power; avionics systems; mission computers; pilot/vehicle interfaces; stores management systems; GPS; INS; and control actuators.

Knowledge and experience with aircraft integration, Operational Flight Programs, mission planning systems such as Joint Mission Planning System, Systems Integration Laboratory activities, airworthiness certification, safe separation and jettison testing, and system/subsystem interface definition.

To fill Engineering positions, the Contractor must have successfully completed an undergraduate and/or graduate degree with a major in engineering from a college or university with an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering program(s). Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for these positions.

To fill computer science positions, the Contractor must have successfully completed an undergraduate and/or graduate degree with a major in computer science from a college or university with an ABET-accredited computer science program.

For engineering and computer science positions, the degree must have been received in the year of, or any year after, the original date of accreditation. ABET accreditation should be verified through ABET accredited schools.

Engineering support requiring a bachelor’s degree or greater must be performed by personnel with an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology accredited college of engineering degree; degrees in engineering technology do not qualify for these requirements.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

Job may require the employee to be:

• Willingness to travel if required.
• In a stationary position 50% of the time
• Able to ascend/descend stairs as required
• Able to move equipment not to exceed 25 lbs. as needed

Please join us, as together we build a better world one mission at a time powered by technology and its people!

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