Senior Engineer - FMS (ENKG_02)

Air Combat Effectiveness Consulting Group (ACE Group), LLC; Lexington Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

ACE Consulting Group seeks a Foreign Military Sales Senior Engineer to support cradle-to-grave Systems Engineering for Naval Aviation FMS cases. You will ensure rigorous technical baselining, develop LOAs and SOWs, coordinate across domains, and oversee testing, sustainment, and readiness of platforms.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in SE for naval programs, a relevant advanced degree, and an active Secret clearance. Occasional travel 1–2 times monthly; U.S. citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of recent and relevant experience in Systems Engineering for Naval Aviation, including milestones and reviews.
• MS or MA degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related field; or BS with equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Support FMS Program Manager and APME ensuring rigor and quality requirements.
• Lead system integration, interface management, and SE artifact development.
• Coordinate SME input across NAVAIR/NAVSEA domains.
• Develop LOAs, SOWs, CDRLs, and perform risk management.
• Plan and execute flight test activities and safety coordination.
• Oversee configuration management and obsolescence solutions.
• Travel CONUS/OCONUS ~1–2 times per month.

Skills

Foreign engagement

Systems engineering lifecycle

Flight test planning

Requirements development

Configuration management

Acquisition program support

Budget planning

Cross-domain coordination

Travel readiness

Education

MS/MA in Engineering/Math/Physics

BS plus 4 years experience substitution

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.

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