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Credence

Federal government management, engineering, technology solutions

Avionics Integration Engineer B-2

AvionicsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWright-Patterson AFB, OH, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Must have a Top Secret clearance.
  • Must have an ABET-accredited Master's or Doctorate degree in a related field and ten years of experience in the respective technical or professional discipline, including five years in the Department of Defense; alternatively, must have an ABET-accredited Bachelor's degree in a related field and twelve years of experience in the respective technical or professional discipline, including five years in the Department of Defense.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as an Avionics Integration Engineer focused on tactical data link systems, position location, display systems, digital interphone systems, and identification capabilities for military operations.
  • Support requirements, testing, certification, and spectrum management for aircraft information management systems.
  • Use knowledge of Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management requirements, policies, and regulations to define requirements, complete compliance matrices, and support aircraft and system testing and certification.
  • Communicate with engineering functional teams, including structures, crew systems, electromagnetic interference, reliability and maintainability, manufacturing, and system safety.
  • Support development and integration of platform software requirements, including mission planning.
  • Support information management assessment and authorization, including developing security controls and test approaches and identifying and mitigating risks to obtain an Interim Authorization to Test or Authority to Operate.
  • Assist with interoperability certification, including coordination with the Air Force Command and Control Integration Center for program clearance into Air Force System Operability Test and Joint Interoperability Test Command testing.
  • Assist with engineering tasks for development activities, including requirements definition, design, integration, testing, and transition to operations; provide assistance with the Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System requirements management tool.
  • Apply avionics engineering knowledge to subsystem definition, development, integration, verification methods, interface control document reviews, sustainment, modeling and simulation, test and evaluation, and model-based systems engineering.
  • Perform analyses, requirements analyses, and system capacity analyses; investigate alternative solutions and architecture trade-offs; make assessments; support operations concept development; and document results.
  • Support review and development of draft systems engineering documents for milestone reviews and events.
  • Work with Government organizations, the prime contractor, and subcontractors to support technical information exchange and communication on security assessment and authorization, frequency management certification, and interoperability certification.
  • Participate in team meetings, technical interchange meetings, technical reviews, and integrated configuration working group meetings; support entrance and exit criteria, agenda development, content review, action-item resolution, and coordination of review results.
  • Support hardware and software development and related ground and flight test activities, including hardware-in-the-loop, subsystem integration labs, developmental test and evaluation, and integrated operational test and evaluation.
  • Support airworthiness directives and assist with platform approval and certification; use current MIL-HDBK-516 airworthiness certification criteria to determine applicable requirements and work with other agencies to achieve the desired certification level.
  • Apply knowledge of CJCSI 6212.01F, Net Ready Key Performance Parameters, and technical requirements for preparing the Information Support Plan.
  • Provide engineering analysis to achieve Command, Control, and Communications statutory compliance by identifying information needs, net-centric, interoperability, and supportability issues, and assessing conformance to Department of Defense Chief Information Officer information policy and goals.
  • Explore information-related acquisition program needs and operational and functional capabilities delivered or supported by the program within the warfighting enterprise.
  • Advise and assist with documenting, identifying, and resolving potential information-support implementation issues and risks that could limit or restrict operational employment of the program in accordance with its defined capability.
  • Apply knowledge of Department of Defense, Air Force, and common engineering and scientific principles, processes, and procedures to help improve performance and sustainability of existing and future Air Force and joint-service weapon systems.
  • Assist in translating Air Force Global Strike Command and Air Combat Command requirements into weapon-system requirements used to design, develop, fabricate, test, and evaluate weapon systems, subsystems, and equipment for fielding and deployment.
  • Assist with developing requirements and technology needs into action plans and policies to improve and retain manufacturing, operations, remanufacturing, and demilitarization or disposal of United States Air Force weapon-system capabilities.
  • Assist with technical and mission analyses of current and future operational requirements; develop system concepts; perform technology and trade-off assessments of proposed designs or modifications; and support materiel-solution analyses leading to design reviews.
  • Provide rapid-response engineering support through problem identification, impact assessment, and development of corrective actions for critical supportability problems.
  • Support development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or required by programmatic cost, schedule, and performance limits.
  • Assist with producing or reviewing technical evaluations and plans; engineering studies, reports, and analyses; acquisition strategies and plans; interface control documents; capability development documents; concepts of operations; capability production documents; system requirements documents; system specifications; requests for proposals; systems engineering plans; test and evaluation master plans; information support plans; program protection plans; cybersecurity plans; security authorization package documentation; Command, Control, and Communications compliance documentation; and other program, technical, and weapon-system contractor artifacts.
  • Assist with developing and collecting technical data and inputs for staff summary packages and executive briefings supporting coordination and signature of milestone approval documentation.
  • Support project-team meetings, working groups, and reviews, including system requirements reviews, system functional reviews, preliminary design reviews, critical design reviews, incremental design reviews, test readiness reviews, system verification reviews, technical coordination meetings, technical interchange meetings, functional configuration audits, physical configuration audits, production readiness reviews, program management reviews, and other applicable meetings, working groups, and reviews.
  • Analyze equipment and software deficiencies, recommend corrections, and develop, integrate, and test deficiency solutions.
  • Assist the Government in engineering evaluation of prime and subcontractor recommendations for operational and support issues, including aircraft configuration status notices, engineering change proposals, contract change proposals, Federal Aviation Administration bulletins, modification proposals, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages, program risks, and related documents.
  • Perform an advisory role in program source selections on engineering-related requirements, as required.
  • Support development and evaluation of engineering cost estimates for the integrated master plan, integrated master schedule, and systems engineering detail schedule.
  • Support the system safety engineering program, including mishap-risk assessments, evaluation of contractor safety proposals and analyses, evaluation of safety concerns, and assistance with resolving high-priority safety issues.
  • Support disciplined engineering activities to assure operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness for all products and assist with establishing, implementing, and adhering to life-cycle systems engineering processes to achieve and maintain compliance.
  • Assist the Air Force in reviewing and updating operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness baseline documentation, identifying related elements, reporting metrics, and coordinating with other organizations to maintain compliance.
  • Assist in determining systems engineering plan implementation status throughout program operations and notify the Air Force of shortfalls or gaps requiring corrective action.
  • Apply knowledge of MIL-HDBK-516C airworthiness certification criteria to aircraft systems and subsystems, support Air Force integrity programs, assist in maintaining and updating the critical safety item list, and monitor airworthiness certification for B-2 Division aircraft.
  • Support the Air Force in establishing hardness maintenance and hardness surveillance under Defense Nuclear Agency-H-93-140 and implementing design concepts of Air Force Pamphlet 91-118, Safety Design and Evaluation Criteria for Nuclear Weapon Systems.

About the Company

Credence

Federal government management, engineering, technology solutions

Credence provides management, engineering, and technology solutions to the Federal Government, focusing on helping government programs that are complex and technical. Its work is delivered through an independent and objective approach, acting as a trusted partner to customers and teaming partners to achieve mission goals. The company differentiates itself through a track record of recognition in the government contracting space, a culture that emphasizes employee empowerment and a values framework of Trust, Partnership, and Success, and a commitment to delivering measurable outcomes for clients. Credence aims to support government missions by providing high-quality services that ensure project success, while also giving back to the community through charitable involvement and volunteerism.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Vienna, VA
Founded
2005

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