Product Owner - Operations Development

Avion Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avion Solutions, Inc., based in Huntsville, AL, seeks an Air and Missile Defense Engagement Operations Development Team Product Owner to support PAE Fires. The role focuses on prioritizing and guiding EO software development and interfacing with Agile teams to align with mission goals.

The ideal candidate has a DoD background, EO domain expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to brief leadership on status, risks, and recommended actions. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics (ABET preferred).
• Minimum 10 years of combined Government/DoD experience.
• Understanding of EO concepts: engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, sensor resource management.
• Ability to oversee EO software development and verify work against acceptance criteria.
• Ability to work directly with Agile software developers.
• U.S. citizen with ability to obtain/maintain DoD clearance.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% (US travel only).

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and validate development software for the Engagement Operations team.
• Review systems engineering concepts, designs, and algorithms; guide the development team.
• Collaborate with Program Management to set priorities for capabilities and defects for each product increment and sprint.
• Provide technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status, risks, and recommended actions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Product Owner

Agile development

SCRUM

Systems engineering

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/math

Job description

Avion Solutions Inc., a 100% employee-owned company, seeks candidates for an Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Development Team Product Owner (PO) to support PAE Fires. This position is based in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the Engagement Operations team.
• Review and understand Systems Engineering concepts, designs, and algorithms, and provide guidance to the development team.
• Work with Program Management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects for the team for each product increment and sprint.
• The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics required
• A minimum of 10 years of combined Government/DoD experience required.
• Understand Engagement Operations (EO) concepts, including engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management.
• Must have the ability to provide oversight to the EO SW development team and verify the team's work based on agreed-upon acceptance criteria.
• Must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoD security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time. US travel only.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiar with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services.
• Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team.

Equal Opportunity:

Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor who affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin or any other reason prohibited by law.