Aircraft & Store Integration Engineer

DCS Corporation; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation in Florida is seeking an Aircraft & Store Integration Engineer to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center AFLCMC/EBA at Eglin AFB. You will apply systems engineering to address requirements, design, integration, verification, and documentation across the DoD acquisition lifecycle.

The role requires US citizenship, an active Secret clearance, and hands-on experience with weapon and carriage system integration, interface control, and mission planning interfaces.

Qualifications

• US citizenship is required.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with 5 years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 3 years.
• Experience with DoD acquisition programs or similar engineering environments.
• Experience integrating weapons and carriage systems into aircraft and/or airborne platforms.
• Experience establishing Interface Control Working Groups (ICWG) and developing Interface Control Plans (ICP).
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-3014, MIL-A-8591, and Universal Armament Interface (UAI) protocols.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities across all phases of the DoD acquisition lifecycle (Materiel Solution Analysis through Operations & Support).
• Support requirements development, analysis, traceability, and verification.
• Conduct system design, integration, and technical analysis activities.
• Develop and review technical documentation, including specifications, interface documents, and engineering reports.
• Support technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) and program milestone activities.
• Collaborate with program management, logistics, test, and cybersecurity teams to ensure integrated system performance.
• Analyze system performance and recommend design or process improvements.
• Support risk identification, analysis, and mitigation planning.
• Provide technical input to acquisition documentation and program decision-making.

Skills

Systems engineering

DoD acquisition

Interface control

System integration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline

Master’s degree in related discipline

Job description

DCS has an exciting opportunity for an Aircraft & Store Integration Engineer supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Air Dominance Division (AFLCMC/EBA) at Eglin AFB, FL. This position provides the knowledge and experience to efficiently and effectively deliver weapons systems engineering capabilities in support of the acquisition process. The Air Dominance Division is responsible for developing, producing, and sustaining our nation's CounterAir and CounterAir Defense capabilities, as well as the aerial targets that support realistic training and weapons testing. Their mission is focused on delivering advanced, highimpact armament technologies that ensure the joint force maintains air dominance in contested environments.

Our Systems Engineers apply and execute the following technical processes: requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, technical planning, technical assessment, requirements management, risk management, configuration management, technical data management, and interface management.

Essential Job Functions:

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Support systems engineering activities across all phases of the DoD acquisition lifecycle (Materiel Solution Analysis through Operations & Support)
• Support requirements development, analysis, traceability, and verification
• Conduct system design, integration, and technical analysis activities
• Develop and review technical documentation, including specifications, interface documents, and engineering reports
• Support technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) and program milestone activities
• Collaborate with program management, logistics, test, and cybersecurity teams to ensure integrated system performance
• Analyze system performance and recommend design or process improvements
• Support risk identification, analysis, and mitigation planning
• Provide technical input to acquisition documentation and program decision-making

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, US Citizenship is required.

Bachelor of Science degree in related discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science degree in related discipline and 3 years of relevant experience.

Active Secret clearance.

• Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs or similar engineering environments
• Experience supporting system development, integration, and/or sustainment activities
• Experience establishing and managing Interface Control Working Groups (ICWG), and the development of Interface Control Plans (ICP).
• Experience integrating weapons and carriage systems into the aircraft and/or airborne platform Operational Flight Programs (OFP); management of the development, update, and assessment of proposed changes to mission planning systems such as the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) to support the activities necessary to accomplish mission planning for weapon systems

Desired Skills:

• Undergraduate and/or graduate engineering degree from a college or university with an Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering program.
• Experience with armament systems (air-to-air, air-to-surface munitions, missiles, or related systems)
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle processes and DoDI 5000 series

Additionally, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in analyzing host aircraft/store compatibility requirements and developing 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 (UAI) protocols.
• Knowledge and experience in the mechanical, aerodynamic, electrical, logical, and logistical compatibility between United States (US) and foreign fighter/bomber/UAV aircraft, suspension and release equipment, and stores (including their embedded computer hardware and software systems).
• Knowledge and experience with aircraft and store electrical power and avionics systems (i.e., seeker, sensors, fire control, mission computer, pilot/vehicle interface, stores management system, GPS, INS, control actuators).