Systems Integration Engineer - F-15

Astrion; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion seeks a Senior System Engineer to join the F-15 team in the Air Force Division at Wright Patterson AFB. The role requires an ABET-accredited engineering degree and a strong DoD background. Expect full-time on-site work with ~20% travel and a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities cover systems integration, risk management, airworthiness activities, and safety analyses per MIL-STD-882, with emphasis on reliability and maintainability throughout program milestones.

Qualifications

• ABET accredited Engineering degree; 10 years of relevant experience, 5+ in DoD.
• Previous platform experience in Aircraft Systems engineering is desired.

Responsibilities

• Review and update program documentation for systems integration requirements.
• Lead risk assessments, coordinate actions, and track risk metrics.
• Support Airworthiness criteria and board processes (MFR/MTC) and coordinate Airworthiness Review Board activities.
• Produce draft documentation to support airworthiness processes.
• Review BIT reports and failure data for accuracy and trends.
• Provide system integration guidance and evaluate design feasibility and system capability.
• Develop an effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process aligned with IMP/IMS.
• Support safety reviews and hazard analyses per MIL-STD-882 and AF guidance.

Skills

ABET accreditation

Education

ABET accredited engineering degree

Job description

Overview

Senior System Engineer

LOCATION: Wright Patterson AFB

JOB STATUS: Full-Time

TRAVEL: 20%

CLEARANCE: Secret

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior System Engineer to join the F-15 team in our Air Force Division.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• ABET accredited Engineering degree, and 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoD.

Desired Qualifications / Skills

• Previous platform experience in Aircraft Systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Review/develop/update applicable program documentation for systems integration engineering relevant requirements and issues (Boeing Engineering CDRLS).
• Participate in and assist in the planning of systems engineering risk assessments by establishing a risk management review, coordinating action item status, and updating risk management metrics.
• Support the F-15 Division’s Airworthiness Certification Working Group by supporting, developing and maintaining a comprehensive Modification Airworthiness Criteria Certification compliance package, and conducting an airworthiness risk assessment. The Contractor shall support the planning and execution of the Airworthiness Review Board Meeting in support of obtaining Military Flight Release (MFR)/Military Type Certificates (MTC).
• Produce draft documentation as requested or necessitated by programmatic constraints based on cost, schedule and performance to support the airworthiness process.
• Review and perform assessments on program specific databases, and analyze Built-in Test (BIT) failure reports and compare failure reports against the BIT Interpreter Analyzer for accuracy of BIT indications.
• Provide system integration guidance to the F-15 Division for the program system installation and system maintenance; review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability; conduct performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies; and perform systems analyses to include, but not limited to, system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.
• Develop an effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process that assures the user’s weapon system R&M requirements are clearly defined and achieved with agreement by the F-15 Division in support of the user’s requirements. The defined R&M process shall be consistent with the program acquisition, sustainment and disposal scope and strategy, and clearly evident within the IMP/IMS. The R&M process shall clearly show the application of the integrity approach to reliable and maintainable design, and the tasks of the IMP/IMS shall identify incremental R&M achievement verification at all significant program milestones.
• Review the failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system and reliability standard reports, work with the Centralized Asset Management System database to check failure reporting from the field, and handle all Deficiency Reports (DRs) assuring proper classification and adequate detail to resolve. (architecture and interoperability requirements).
• Review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system compatibility.
• Assist with developmental planning support in evaluation of the military mission to be accomplished and any related requirements documentation.
• Apply a full range of system safety philosophy, policies, and procedures to perform a wide range of acquisition management activities in support of the existing and future F-15 Division programs. The Contractor shall have a working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E.
• Accomplish system safety engineering tasks to include risk assessments necessary to support management operations functions within the F-15 Division.

• Reviewing and assisting with the development of system safety program plans and hazard analyses;
• Performing risk assessments;
• Evaluating weapon system contractor safety proposals;
• Evaluating safety concerns/issues of using and support commands, and;
• Assisting with the resolution of safety issues/risks IAW MIL-STD-882 System Safety Program Requirements, AFI 91-202, The USAF Mishap Prevention Program, and applicable AFMC supplements. Support the system safety program for the assigned program(s) to ensure all systems procured are safe to operate and maintain. The tasks include:

• Ensure that risks are mitigated IAW the order of precedence defined in MIL-STD-882E, Paragraph 4.3.4.
• Establish or use existing hazard tracking logs to track each hazard to closure, meaning until the last aircraft or document is modified/changed.
• Responsible for organizing, generating and presenting the briefing charts, agenda, and minutes for the program’s annual System Safety Group Meeting, and co-chairing the meeting with the USAF chief engineer and the program's prime weapon system contractor representative.
• Maintain a file of all current mishap risk assessments and annually submit risk acceptance packages for risks with a “high” or “serious” risk designation to the appropriate organization.
• Support mishap investigations as required, and shall respond to the findings and recommendations in the mishap reports. The task includes working with various disciplines including, but not limited to, engineering and program management) to develop solutions to the findings and recommendations and reporting them through the appropriate channels to the USAF Safety Center.
• Participate in System Safety Working Group Meetings as needed to address and work to resolve specific system safety issues.
• Support requests for deviations, waivers, and Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings to ensure the safety of the aircraft systems and subsystems are not jeopardized by these actions.
• Support all technical reviews and various program reviews for system safety, to identify and resolve any safety issues/concerns or transfer them over to the hazard database/log for resolution.
• Participate in conferences and crisis management team meetings. The Contractor shall be responsible for keeping the crisis management team roster current.
• Evaluate all ECPs, CCPs, TO modifications, T-2 (temporary) modifications, prime weapon system/subcontractor proposals and hazard analyses, safety escape issues, airworthiness documentation, and weapons SI program documentation.
• Identify all safety non-compliances in regard to airworthiness and OSS&E. The Contractor shall update all program safety recommendations in the USAF Safety Automated System every six (6) months, in support of the Mishap Review Panel.