Principal Duties and Responsibilities

· Perform systems engineering to include expertise in systems design and integration; manufacturing, quality and industrial engineering; airworthiness; and configuration, and data management.

· Assist in developing, deploying, and maintaining processes to assure weapon systems are fully integrated, manufactured, sustained, configuration managed and operationally safe, suitable and effective throughout their life cycle.

· Understand and execute AFPD 62-6, USAF Airworthiness , through standardized processes, and issuance of flight authorizations.

· Apply OSS&E and airworthiness processes, as well as assist in providing risk assessments, safety analysis and recommendations, and addressing high priority safety issues.

· Have knowledge of systems engineering in support of system definition, development, integration, verification methods, sustainment, risk modeling/simulation, testing and evaluation, human system integration (HSI), crew stations engineering, OSS&E efforts, interoperability requirements, and airworthiness certification across a wide range of hardware and software systems, including ground-based systems.

· Review and assist in performing assessments on program specific databases, analyzing BIT failure reports, and comparing failure reports against the BIT interpreter analyzer for accuracy of BIT indications; provide system integration guidance to aircraft program offices for the program system installation and system maintenance; review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability; assist in conducting performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies; and conducting systems analyses to including but not limited to system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.

· Provide system integration guidance to the Government for the program system installation and system maintenance.

· Provide technical expertise and proper application of systems engineering processes to support technology and systems development.

· Assist in the development and review of the overall system design baseline (architecture and

interoperability requirements).

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Required Skills

Required Experience

Required Qualifications

• BS degree or higher in an ABET-accredited engineering discipline, and ten (10) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, three (3) of which must be in the DoD.

· Independently demonstrate proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Skype/Lync), Adobe Acrobat, and applications for access to the world wide web.

• Ability to apply understanding of DoD, AF, and common engineering/scientific principles, processes, and procedures to improve performance and sustainability of existing and future AF and joint service weapon systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the required level. U.S. Citizenship required

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

• Ability to collaborate in a team environment
• Strong desire to prepare quality plans efficiently
• Willingness to learn and desire to teach
• Share working knowledge of best practices
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are paramount
• Strong sense of time management and ability to prioritize tasks
• Ability to manage concurrent projects