Senior Engineer - FMS (ENKG_02)

Air Combat Effectiveness Consulting Group (ACE Group), LLC; Lexington Park (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ACE Consulting Group is seeking a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Senior Engineer to lead cradle-to-grave systems engineering for naval aviation programs in the U.S.

This role directly supports the FMS Program Manager and APME to ensure rigorous technical baselines, LOAs, and airworthiness objectives are met across platforms. You will coordinate with SMEs in NAVAIR/NAVSEA, drive risk management, plan tests, and oversee configuration and interface management, travel ~1–2 times per month.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in naval aviation SE.
• 3+ years performing SE milestones and reviews in Acquisition.
• MS/MA in engineering or related field; substituted by BS + 4 years.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for classified access; Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support FMS Program Manager and APME with SE rigor for LOAs.
• Develop technical requirements, documentation and tests.
• Lead risk management, obsolescence solutions, and SOW/CDRL activity.
• Coordinate with NAVAIR/NAVSEA technical domains and SMEs.
• Plan, execute and document system integration and testing.
• Travel ~1–2 times per month (CONUS/OCONUS).

Skills

Foreign customer engagement

Systems Engineering artifacts

Flight test planning

Coordination with SMEs

FMS risk management

System integration planning

Configuration management

Obsolescence solutions

Acquisition docs (LOAs, SOWs, CDRLs)

Budget planning

Safety hazards communication

Production QA / withhold tag decisions

Travel coordination

Education

MS or MA in Engineering/Math/Physics

BS/BA + 4 years experience substitution

Active Secret clearance + citizenship

Job description

Description

ACE Consulting Group is seeking a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Senior Engineer. The program office FMS team performs cradle to grave Systems Engineering processes and enforces Systems Engineering rigor for all technical baseline development in the FMS cases. The candidate will directly support the FMS Program Manager and APME in ensuring Systems Engineering rigor and quality technical requirements and processes are included in the FMS LOAs, and that robust technical development, testing, and sustainment is performed for these platforms. Engineering supports the development and delivery of documentation for each country to support targeted airworthiness objectives. Engineering also supports sustainment, safety and readiness of delivered systems.

Description

ACE Consulting Group is seeking a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Senior Engineer. The program office FMS team performs cradle to grave Systems Engineering processes and enforces Systems Engineering rigor for all technical baseline development in the FMS cases. The candidate will directly support the FMS Program Manager and APME in ensuring Systems Engineering rigor and quality technical requirements and processes are included in the FMS LOAs, and that robust technical development, testing, and sustainment is performed for these platforms. Engineering supports the development and delivery of documentation for each country to support targeted airworthiness objectives. Engineering also supports sustainment, safety and readiness of delivered systems.

Requirements

• Foreign customer engagement
• Systems Engineering artifact development (e.g. LOA technical & Se process requirements, SE funding requirements, technical requirement specifications, etc.)
• Flight test planning, testing and execution
• Communication and coordination of subject matter experts in other NAVAIR/NAVSEA technical domains
• Capability upgrades for both retrofit and production cut-in
• Oversee Systems engineering process management – requirements development, artifact development, requirements trade space, SETR events etc.
• Lead FMS Risk management efforts
• Manage and communicate safety hazards and resolutions
• Plan and perform system integration and interface management
• Configuration management – ECPs, RFVs, CRs
• Lead Obsolescence solutions
• Acquisition product development – LOAs, SOWs, CDRLs, etc
• Production quality assurance, disposition of withhold tags and discrepancies
• Budget planning and management
• FMS Case Development and New Business support
• Average travel approximately 1-2 times per month, CONUS and/or OCONUS

Education

• Minimum 10 years of recent and relevant experience, 3 of which must be related to performing Systems Engineering functions in support of Naval Aviation, to include the Systems Engineering milestones and reviews of the Acquisition process and the associated documentation.
• MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related scientific discipline. A BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related scientific discipline AND an additional 4 years of recent and relevant experience (totaling 14) may be substituted for an MS or MA degree.
• Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; U.S. citizenship.
• Active Secret clearance Required