ENG Product Owner

ACQCENTRIC INC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ACQCENTRIC INC seeks a Air and Missile Defense Engagement Operations Team Product Owner to guide the EO software development for the IFMC project. You will prioritize capabilities, validate increments, and advise leadership on risks, performance, and action items.

You will collaborate with agile teams, oversee EO SW development, attend code reviews, and ensure acceptance criteria are met while aligning with DoD mission goals and program management priorities.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations concepts including engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management.
• Must be able to provide oversight to an EO SW development team and verify work based on acceptance criteria, including attending code reviews.
• Must be able to work directly with Agile software developers.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and validate development software for the Engagement team for each product increment and sprint.
• Provide guidance to the development team on designs, algorithms and status to leadership.
• Present technical briefings and advisement on status, risks, and action items to leadership.

Skills

EO concepts

Agile teamwork

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/mathematics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

Position Description:

The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Acquisition Executive Fires (PEO Fires) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office. The PO will be responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the Engagement team. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs, and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team. The product owner will work with Program management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects of the team for each product increment and sprint. The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on the status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts on the IFMC mission.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts including engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management. The candidate must have the ability to provide oversight to an EO SW development team and verify the team's work based on agreed-upon acceptance criteria, including attending code reviews. The candidate must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.

The candidate must:

• Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset
• Be a US citizen
• Have a bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics
• Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above

Other Qualifications:

An additional plus is knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiarity with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services. Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team is a plus.

Security Requirements:

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.