F-35 FMS Missions Systems Lead Engineer

Air Force Civilian Service; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation incentives

Overseas travel

Job summary

Air Force Civilian Service seeks an F-35 FMS Missions Systems Lead Engineer (NH-0855-04) to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. This supervisory role coordinates FMS requirements, integration across AVMS IPTs, and overseas collaboration with program offices.

Responsibilities include guiding cost/schedule/technical performance, coordinating with prime contractors, and ensuring secure, compliant mission systems development across variants and countries.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Top Secret clearance required (ability to obtain higher clearance).
• Willingness to travel overseas.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering required; Master of Science degree highly desirable.
• SCWDP foundational certification within two years.
• Good briefing skills and interpersonal diplomatic skills.

Responsibilities

• Guides, manages, and coordinates FMS requirements and requests within AVMS Engineering.
• Supports development of F-35 Mission Systems avionics, sensors, software, pilot vehicle interface, and digital systems infrastructure.
• Provides engineering management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of all FMS change requirements and integration aspects.
• Represents FMS in designated program meetings regarding Air Vehicle-Mission Systems support issues.
• Coordinates with F-35 Core Enterprise Air Vehicle Mission Systems leads to develop integration plans and resolve program conflicts.
• Manages Mission Systems integration team efforts and systems engineering for FMS across variants and countries.
• Coordinates efficient test and evaluation of FMS Mission Systems via hardware-in-the-loop and flight testing.
• Supports planning and execution of design reviews, PMRs, technical reviews, and TIMs.
• Manages foreign disclosure, public release, component obsolescence, and multilevel security design and certification.
• Provides basis of estimates for EAC processes and contractor engagement for FMS contracting.
• Coordinates with Lockheed Martin counterparts on contractor activities for FMS.
• Mentors AVMS FMS personnel and handles personnel actions.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Top Secret clearance

Travel overseas

Briefing skills

Interpersonal diplomatic skills

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering

M.S. degree desirable

SCWDP foundational certification within two years

Job description

Come be a part of something big! Smart Minds, Cool Jobs and Awesome Rewards! Fueled by innovation, talent and ambition, the Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking civilian professionals prepared to deploy war-winning capabilities for the United States Air Force.

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is looking for an F-35 FMS Missions Systems Lead Engineer (NH-0855-04) to work for the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.

This position can close at any time.

Recruitment, Retention, and Relocation incentives may be available.

VoP (Value of Position): 95

Qualifications/Requirements

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive engineer to serve as the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Lead Engineer within the Air Vehicle (AV) PMO, Mission Systems (MS) Group, Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JSFPO). The incumbent is responsible for guiding, managing, and coordinating FMS requirements and requests within AVMS Engineering to support development of all F-35 Mission Systems avionics, sensors, weapons, software, pilot vehicle interface, and digital systems infrastructure across AVMS IPTs and contractors for all FMS countries. The incumbent will provide engineering management and guidance of cost, schedule, and technical performance of all FMS Mission Systems change requirements and integration aspects.

The incumbent will represent FMS within designated program meetings with respect to Air Vehicle-Mission Systems support issues. Focuses mission systems tasking and coordinates efforts with the Air Vehicle FMS lead program manager to ensure aligned, non-duplicative and concurrent mission capability delivery across the F-35 directorate.

This is a supervisory position.

• U.S. Citizenship
• Top Secret clearance required.
• Ability to obtain higher level of security clearance as required.
• This may be a designated Drug Testing Position.
• Willingness to travel overseas.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering required; Master of Science degree highly desirable.
• The Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program (SCWDP) requires Foundational certification within two years.
• Good briefing skills and interpersonal diplomatic skills.

Duties

• Supports FMS Funded Program Managers and FMS Country Systems Engineers in the planning and provisioning for FMS Air System Configuration development to ensure the supportability of those configurations within existing enterprise resource constraints (Pre-LOA through Sustainment). Coordinates with F-35 Core Enterprise Air Vehicle Mission Systems leads to develop integration plans and resolve program conflicts.
• Supports AV/MS FMS manpower requirements with coordination with the FMS Air Vehicle Program Manager.
• Supports Core Block Plan development to facilitate integration of FMS system requirements, design trades, architecture evolution, system mechanization, special projects, block plan capacity/risk/performance assessments, and SWAP-C compliance for the FMS F-35 Air System Configurations supported by contractor development teams.
• Coordinates and manages FMS Mission System integration team efforts and systems engineering to develop, integrate, and test all aspects of the F-35 mission systems for all variants for each FMS country and integrate with Core program requirements.
• Coordinates efficient test and evaluation of FMS Mission Systems System Development and Demonstration through the use of Hardware In The Loop ground test lab testing and flight testing support.
• Supports the FMS Program Managers and Country Lead Systems Engineers in the planning and execution of the FMS Country AVMS design reviews, program management reviews (PMR), Technical reviews, & technical interchange meetings (TIM).
• Manages Mission Systems foreign disclosure, public release, component obsolescence, & multilevel security design and certification.
• Supplies basis of estimates to support Estimate at Complete (EAC) processes and engagement with prime and sub-contractors for FMS contracting efforts.
• Coordinates with Lockheed Martin counterparts on contractor activities for FMS.
• Cultivates a professional relationship between LM and Mission Systems suppliers, technically and programmatically, while maintaining a view that supports an objective assessment of the performance of all contractors.
• Coordinates with F-35 Core Enterprise Air Vehicle Mission Systems leads to develop integration plans and resolve program conflicts.
• Responsible for guiding and reporting periodic and comprehensive assessments and evaluations of program goals and objectives that will provide a basis for long-range planning to enhance the organization’s management capabilities.
• Manages FMS MS team to provide subject matter support to the JSF SCP/FMS Program Managers and Lead System engineers as required for the execution of all US-FMS JSF LOAs.
• Supervise and mentor assigned subset of AVMS FMS-funded civilian personnel assigned to the Vehicle Systems/Missions Systems PMO. Accomplish personnel actions (hiring, discipline, appraisals, etc.).

U.S. citizenship required. AFCS is Equal Opportunity Employer. Must be of legal working age.