E01-J01 Program Manager/Team Lead

Socket.dev; Ozark (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Aether Aerospace is seeking a Program Manager/Lead Team Analyst to support the Army Futures Command CEAD at Fort Rucker, Alabama. This on-site role leads concept development, experimentation, and cross-functional coordination to integrate Army aviation capabilities into future concepts.

The candidate will oversee planning, staffing, and analysis of CONOPS, gap analyses, and modeling/simulation work, requiring active clearance and willingness to travel CONUS as needed.

Qualifications

• Former Field Grade Officer with at least 15 years of aviation operations experience.
• Willing to provide on-site support at Fort Rucker, AL.
• CGSC/ILE completion is required.
• Experience leading aviation simulations and concept development.

Responsibilities

• Plan, write, coordinate, and staff Army Aviation concepts including CONOPS development.
• Integrate Army Aviation capabilities and gaps into Joint and Army Concepts, Functional Assessments and Future Capability Workbooks.
• Conduct studies and analyses to define materiel and non-materiel requirements for future aviation systems.
• Review AFC Centers of Excellence FAs and FCWs and support revisions.
• Provide SME and analytical support for learning and experimentation events.
• Analyze aviation formations and assess rotorcraft and fixed-wing employment issues.

Skills

Security clearance

Team leadership

Aviation operations

Simulation & modeling

Project planning

Analytical thinking

Education

CGSC/ILE completion

Tools

MS Access

MySQL

ADAPT

ATCOM

Job description

Start Date: Immediate

OVERVIEW

Aether Aerospace is currently seeking a talented ProgramManger/LeadTeamAnalyst to provide support to our Army Futures Command (AFC) government customer within the Aviation Concepts, Experimentation and Analysis Directorate (CEAD) at Fort Rucker, AL. This individual will be responsible for leading Concept Development and Experimentation Support. This role will require on-site/in-person support at Fort Ruckers Air Maneuver Battle Lab (AMBL).

Full-time/Permanent Employee

Location: Fort Rucker, AL

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in planning, writing, coordination, and staffing of all aspects of Army Aviation supporting concepts to include CONOPS development,requiredcapabilities development, and gap analysis.

• Integrate Army Aviationrequiredcapabilities and capability gaps into Joint and Army Concepts, Functional Assessments and Future Capability Workbooks

• Conduct studies and analysisin order todefine materiel and non-materiel requirements for future aviation systems and subsystems. Develop and recommend changes to Aviation doctrine, organizations,trainingand leader development.

• Review, comment, and support revision of AFC Centers of Excellence FAs and FCWs.

• Provide SME and analytical support for FCC-led learning and experimentation events. Capture lessons learned from these events to inform Aviation concept development and gap analysis. Develop and coordinate learning demands in support of Aviation concept development.

• Provide Aviation subject matterexpertiseand analysis support for analysis of various Aviation formations. Task includes analysis of existing force structure and capabilities, analysis of programmed capabilities, and gap analysis examining shortfalls fromidentifiedstandards

• Develop concepts of operations (CONOPS), perform assessment of rotorcraft and fixed wing employment issues and execution of experimentation or study tasks in support of the Army and Joint Programs. Focus areas include but are not limited to operational and technical modeling and simulation of Army Aviation systems (mannedand unmanned).

• Provide operational, technical, and programmatic support to conduct joint combined arms Map Exercise (MAPEX), Computer-Assisted Map Exercise (CAMEX), Simulated Experiments (SIMEX), Gaming Experiments (GAMEX), Seminar Wargame (SWG), special studies and other modeling and simulation war fighting exercises both locally and distributed.

• Maintain operational and account for experimentation equipment.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Clearance: Active Secret clearance

Education and Experience: Candidate must be a former Field Grade Officer withat least 15 yearsof Aviation operational experience in Army Corps, Division and/or Combat Aviation Brigades executing and/or planning operational missions both manned and unmanned.

• Candidate must be able/willing to provide on-site/in person support at FortRucker, AL.

• Completion of CGSC/ILE isrequired.

• Experience as a team lead in planning,executingandfacilitatingaviation related constructive simulation and conducting aviation studies with experience developing capabilities and evaluating technologies isrequired.

• Experience with MS Access, MySQL, ADAPT and Advanced Tactical Model (ATCOM) isrequired.

• Experience with technical writing of Concept documents and formal experiment reports isrequired

• Willingness to travel to various CONUS Army Futures Command facilities during the performance of this contract to attend meetings, conferences, and training. CONUS travel locations include but not limited to: Fort Eustis, VA, Carlisle Barracks, PA, Fort Leavenworth, KS, Huntsville, AL, Fort Moore,GAand Fort Sill, OK.

Aether Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.