Field Test & Range Support Lead (DoD, 50% Travel)

BuddoBot Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf is seeking a Field Support Officer to join our Test & Evaluation team as the on-site representative on DoD ranges and vendor trial sites. This role requires independent judgment, risk management, and authoritative communication to bridge commercial innovation with military adoption.

You will oversee test logistics, coordinate instrumentation, and enforce gating and safety approvals, with travel around half the time.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of DoD or national security T&E experience.
• Experience on-site test execution and range logistics in DoD ranges.
• Experience applying ORM and Range Safety Officer authority.
• Knowledge of DoD range protocols, flight clearances, spectrum authorizations, airworthiness releases, and cyber security approvals.
• Authoritative communication with range commanders, military units, and vendors.
• Ability to travel up to 50% for range events.
• US Citizenship and a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily range operations and test logistics, coordinating instrumentation, telemetry, targets, airspace, and operator positioning to ensure test plans are executed precisely as written.
• Manage day-to-day execution of test events on military ranges, acting as the primary government-affiliated point of contact for range control, ground crews, and vendor staff.
• Enforce gating compliance—airworthiness, flight releases, spectrum/ emitter authorizations, cyber clearances, and range safety approvals—using ORM frameworks.
• Hold active stop-work/halt-event authority when operating envelopes or safety limits are exceeded.
• Resolve range schedule shifts, resource dropouts, and unpredictable field conditions in real time to maintain data defensibility and credibility.

Skills

Test planning

Test management

DoD range experience

ORM frameworks

Security clearance readiness

Job description

Dark Wolf is seeking a Field Support Officer to join our Test & Evaluation team as the on-site representative on DoD ranges and vendor trial sites. This role requires independent judgment, risk management, and authoritative communication to bridge commercial innovation with military adoption.

You will oversee test logistics, coordinate instrumentation, and enforce gating and safety approvals, with travel around half the time.