Defense Field Application Engineer: Wave Relay Expert

Persistent Systems; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 106,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Fitness membership reimbursement

Legal/veterinary benefits

Job summary

Persistent Systems is seeking a Field Application Engineer to support a government sustainment program in Fort Collins, CO. You will lead data collection, analysis, and reporting for Wave Relay systems, ensuring timely CDRLs and performance insights for program engineers and managers.

You will travel to test locations, coordinate with customers, and provide engineering support for system integration and troubleshooting, with a focus on reliability metrics and lifecycle data.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven years of relevant experience.
• Experience delivering Government contract deliverables (CDRLs).
• Experience collecting and analyzing equipment performance data (MTBF/MTTR).
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of networking/IP schemes and RF/wireless communications.
• Experience working with remote teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering CDRLs and other contractual technical deliverables (e.g., failure analysis, performance analysis, maintenance service, spare parts, IUID, and GFE inventory reports).
• Calculating and reporting equipment performance metrics (MTBF, MTTR, Ao).
• Tracking EDRs through root cause and corrective action within FRACAS; translate deficiencies into ECPs.
• Maintaining program maintenance DB and asset tracking (IUID, GFE) across sites.
• Supporting configuration management and government reviews.
• Briefing system performance data to stakeholders and advising management.
• Conducting development testing, defining requirements, interpreting diagrams, writing reports.
• Serving as Wave Relay technical specialist; provide customer support and integration assistance.
• Travel to test locations and customer sites for testing, deployment, sustainment.

Skills

Seven+ years experience

Associate degree

Equipment inventory/logistics

Government deliverables (CDRLs)

Reliability data analysis (MTBF/MTTR)

US security clearance

Strong communication skills

Willing to travel 10%

MS Word/PowerPoint/Excel

RF/wireless knowledge

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent

Technical degree (Electrical/Computer/Software)

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Word/PowerPoint

Job description

Persistent Systems is seeking a Field Application Engineer to support a government sustainment program in Fort Collins, CO. You will lead data collection, analysis, and reporting for Wave Relay systems, ensuring timely CDRLs and performance insights for program engineers and managers.

You will travel to test locations, coordinate with customers, and provide engineering support for system integration and troubleshooting, with a focus on reliability metrics and lifecycle data.