Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000

Company Description

What makes us different is what makes us unique. At Ampersand Solutions Group (AMPERSAND) we take pride in being and doing things differently. We believe in growth and value through continuous innovation and a multi-disciplinary, diversity-of-experience approach rooted in uncompromising integrity, subject matter expertise, and an obsession with Employee, Community, and Customer stakeholder delight. We believe our success is based on stakeholder satisfaction and we work to prove that, every day and in every interaction.

Background

AMPERSAND is expanding its support of the US Army Threat Systems Management Office. The mission of the Threat Systems Management Office (TSMO) is to manage the Army Threat System Programs to include the total life cycle of threat systems for testing and training in the live, virtual, and constructive environments. TSMO designs, builds and tests representations of operational and emerging hostile systems with virtually identical performance capabilities that match the identified threat. TSMO ensures all threat systems are continually developed, upgraded, and/or modified and tested to reflect the current threat weapons systems platforms with state-of-the-art technology to support new and emerging DOD weapon systems. Additionally, TSMO conducts threat assessment and analysis in conjunction with the Army, Navy and other joint services operations.

Job Description

The selected candidate will support operational and developmental flights at various locations both CONUS and OCONUS. You will support system troubleshooting, maintenance, target launch, and target recovery functions of BQM-167 and MQM-178 targets during flight operations. The candidate will enable the operation and successful execution of test events across all threat target platforms to include Fixed Wing, Reciprocating Engineer, TOW, and UAS targets.

Specific tasks will include the following:

• Customer mission planning and coordination discussions
• Write mission summaries for both internal and external customers
• Involved in providing logistics support to include spares tracking, recommendations for order quantities, etc.
• Support new target development
• Support mishap investigations
• Help with evaluation of material failures determining if items are suitable for repair
• Evaluate and checkout material received from the Air Force for serviceability and condition tag appropriately

The selected candidate will function as a Target Source Matter Expert providing expertise and technical support to the TSMO Operation Branch for Aerial and Ground Target activities. This includes direct coordination with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Government personnel, evaluation of technical designs and proposed target flight paths, participation in systems engineering design reviews, and support to senior Government personnel at TSMO on key taskings and critical milestones.

Qualifications

Required

• A minimum of ten (15) years of military / operations experience.
• A minimum of Associates Degree in a technical or related field.
• SECRET security clearance.
• On-site presence with customer at Redstone Arsenal is a must

Desired

• Experience with supporting threat target platforms (BQM-167, MQM-178, etc)
• TOP SECRET security clearance.
• Experience supporting DoD system-level testing and operations at both CONUS and OCONUS locations.

Necessary

• Honesty, superior ethics
• Interpersonal savvy, excellent communication skills
• Ability to be a team player
• Initiative
• Positive attitude
• Professionalism