Senior Program Test Engineer

DCS Corp; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DCS Corp. invites applications for a Senior Acquisition Program Test Engineer at Eglin AFB, FL. This role supports the Air Force lifecycle from analysis through deployment, delivering weapons systems engineering capabilities for acquisition programs.

Ideal candidates will have DoD acquisition program experience, strong systems engineering skills, and current Top-Secret clearance. Expect collaboration with program management, logistics, test, and cybersecurity teams, with travel up to 10–20% as

Qualifikationen

• US Citizenship required due to sensitivity of requirements.
• Bachelor's degree with 20+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 15+ years, or PhD with 5+ years in related discipline.
• Current Top-Secret clearance.
• Experience with DoD acquisition programs or similar engineering environments.
• Experience with system development, integration, and sustainment activities.

Aufgaben

• Support systems engineering across all phases of the DoD acquisition lifecycle.
• Support requirements development, analysis, traceability, and verification.
• Conduct system design, integration, and technical analysis activities.
• Develop and review technical documentation, including specifications and reports.
• Support technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and program milestones.
• Collaborate with program management, logistics, test, and cybersecurity teams to ensure integrated system performance.
• Analyze system performance and recommend design or process improvements.
• Provide technical input to acquisition documentation and program decisions.

Kenntnisse

DoD acquisition experience

DOORS experience

SysML modeling

Top-Secret clearance

Systems engineering

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Master's degree in related discipline

PhD in related discipline

Tools

DOORS

SysML modeling tools

Jobbeschreibung

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acquisition Program Test Engineer supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Attack division (AFLCMC/EBD) at Eglin AFB, FL. This position provides the knowledge and experience to efficiently and effectively deliver weapons systems engineering capabilities in support of the acquisition process.

The Attack Division is comprised of a highly experienced and diverse work force consisting of Program Management, Contracting, Engineering, Finance, Intelligence, Logistics, and Scheduling professionals. The Attack Division contains four executing branches, and one enabling program operating to address surface attack, hard and deeply buried targets and stand‑in attack requirements for the warfighter. With focus on warhead, energetics, guidance, navigation and control, and mission planning elements, the team works in coordination to complete the future armament mission.

Our Engineers apply and execute the following technical processes: requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, technical planning, technical assessment, requirements management, risk management, configuration management, technical data management, and interface management.

Essential Job Functions

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Support systems engineering activities across all phases of the DoD acquisition lifecycle (Materiel Solution Analysis through Operations & Support)
• Support requirements development, analysis, traceability, and verification
• Conduct system design, integration, and technical analysis activities
• Develop and review technical documentation, including specifications, interface documents, and engineering reports
• Support technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) and program milestone activities
• Collaborate with program management, logistics, test, and cybersecurity teams to ensure integrated system performance
• Analyze system performance and recommend design or process improvements
• Support risk identification, analysis, and mitigation planningProvide technical input to acquisition documentation and program decision-making

Travel:

May be required up to 10–20% depending on program needs

Required Skills

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, US Citizenship is required.

Bachelor of Science degree in related discipline and 20 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science degree in related discipline and 15 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in related discipline and 5 years of relevant experience.

Current Top-Secret clearance.

• Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs or similar engineering environments
• Experience supporting system development, integration, and/or sustainment activities
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS or similar) and modeling tools (SysML or similar)

Desired Skills

• Undergraduate and/or graduate engineering degree from a college or university with an Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering program.
• Experience with armament systems (air-to-air, air-to-surface munitions, missiles, or related systems)
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle processes and DoDI 5000 series

Technical Skills

• Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS) and modeling tools (e.g., SysML)
• Risk management and technical problem-solving
• Configuration management and technical documentation