MH-139A Systems Engineer, Helicopter Program Office, Wright Patterson AFB, OH.
In this role you will provide full-spectrum Systems Engineer Support to the Helicopter Program Office, MH-139A Program within the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
Essential Job Functions:
In this role you will assist the MH-139A Engineering team by providing a wide range of rotary wing systems engineering support services.
You will apply rotary wing knowledge and experience in pre-acquisition definition and capabilities integration of requirements, acquisition program management principles, and policies/procedures to assist with the procurement of avionic systems/subsystems hardware and software throughout the total life cycle, in compliance with current Air Force regulations and guidelines.
You will apply integration, communication, coordination, organizational and planning expertise to activities and acquisition efforts across a broad spectrum of functional disciplines to assist with the implementation of program direction. The will be familiar with agile development and rapid prototyping.
You will assist in planning, organizing, and managing critical aspects of the development, production, and/or deployment of rotary wing capabilities to include managing program cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
You will assist in the full spectrum of actions required to award contracts and contract modifications to other Contractors that may include pre-award documentation, assistance in support of source selection activities, and post-award support requirements.
You will assist in performing a wide range of program management activities to include assistance in gathering data, conducting research and analyses, evaluation, and validation of acquisition programmatic documentation.
You will assist in pre-acquisition and acquisition strategy planning and implementation.
You will assist in the review and analysis of prime and sub-contractor earned value management systems.
You will assist in developing and analyzing key program metrics.
You will assist in developing and integrating risk management plans and strategies and supporting program briefings.
You will assist in milestone planning, tracking, scheduling, briefing preparation, staff coordination, and decision documentation preparation.
You will assist in determining program progress and communicate recommendations to the Government orally and in writing.
You will support various program office actions in the application of acquisition management initiatives, to include assisting program managers in arranging and supporting High Performance Teams (HPTs) to resolve acquisition related issues through data analysis.
You will assist the program office in complying with tasks and development of documentation related to Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) reporting requirements.
You will coordinate all acquisition milestone system engineering documentation updates to include, but not limited to, the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), System Requirement Verification (SVR) matrix, Requirement Traceability, and System Breakdown Structure.
You will participate in, coordinate, and lead the system engineering working groups and IPTs meetings.
You will participate in SVR, Functional Configuration Audit (FCA), Physical Configuration Audit (PCA), DT&E and IOT&E programmatic reviews to capture entry and exit criteria, requirement verifications, and action items.
You will assist in the System Incident Reporting (SIR) process, coordinating the appropriate functional resources and tracking incidents to closure.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
An ABET- accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Avionics, Comm/Nav, Systems) plus 12 years of experience, or Master’s Degree plus 10 years of experience is required. Five of the years’ experience must be in the DoD.
Active Secret with security clearance.
Read LessDCS Corporation, an employee-owned company, is seeking a Mid-level Software Integration/Test Engineer to support our Aerospace Technology Development team in Dayton, Ohio. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-impact, multi-year initiatives focused on testing and evaluating cutting-edge, autonomy and autonomous control systems for air platforms which will integrate capabilities across maneuvering, communications, sensing, user interface design, and performance monitoring and evaluation.
DCS offers competitive benefits including education aid as a part time student, stock ownership, health, dental, retirement contribution, and parental leave for full-time employees.
Essential Job Functions:
In this role, the successful candidate will develop and work with containerized autonomy services, design software test fixtures, develop interface control documents, apply industry best practices for software test, develop and execute integration test plans and test cases and document test results for government and contractor stakeholders.
Some travel may be required.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Able to obtain and maintain a Secret level U.S. DoD security clearance.
Must have a BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline (ex: Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering) with demonstrated programming experience.
8 years of related experience or master’s degree with 6 years of experience. Industry relevant co-op or internship experience is applicable.
Familiarity with automated testing, test results analysis, containerized deployments, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with Linux.
Familiarity with AGILE software development processes.
Understanding software architecture design.
Experience working with source code control systems (specifically Git).
Good organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
Desired Skills:
Active U.S. DoD security clearance.
Experience developing in Python.
Experience with Kubernetes.
Experience with CONAN, CMAKE, and dev containers.
Experience working with containers/containerized environments.
Experience and understanding of autonomy and control systems.
Experience with modeling, simulation, and analysis frameworks.
Experience working with UDP and TCP/IP communication.
Experience with MBSE.
Read LessDCS Corporation, an employee-owned company, is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to support our Aerospace Technology Development team in Dayton, Ohio. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-impact, multi-year initiatives focused on testing and evaluating cutting-edge, autonomy and autonomous control systems for air platforms which will integrate capabilities across maneuvering, communications, sensing, user interface design, and performance monitoring and evaluation.
DCS offers competitive benefits including education aid as a part time student, stock ownership, health, dental, retirement contribution, and parental leave for full-time employees.
Essential Job Functions:
In this role, the successful candidate will work with containerized autonomy services, design software test fixtures, develop interface control documents, apply industry best practices for software test, develop and execute integration test plans and test cases and document test results for government and contractor stakeholders.
Some travel may be required.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Able to obtain and maintain a Secret level U.S. DoD security clearance.
Must have a BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline (ex: Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering) with demonstrated programming experience.
Two years of related experience or master’s degree with 1 year of experience. Industry relevant co-op or internship experience is applicable.
Familiarity with automated testing, test results analysis, containerized deployments, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with Linux.
Familiarity with AGILE software development processes.
Understanding software architecture design.
Experience working with source code control systems (specifically Git).
Good organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
Desired Skills:
Active U.S. DoD security clearance.
Experience developing in Python.
Experience with Kubernetes.
Experience with CONAN, CMAKE, and dev containers.
Experience working with containers/containerized environments.
Experience and understanding of autonomy and control systems.
Experience with modeling, simulation, and analysis frameworks.
Experience working with UDP and TCP/IP communication.
Experience with MBSE
Read LessDCS Air & Space Technology (AST) Sector is looking for an Integration Engineer to join our digital engineering team. If you are interested in supporting the development of secure and reliable computing solutions and want to contribute to important national security projects, this role offers the opportunity to work with new technology and system analysis. At DCS—an employee-owned company known for innovative solutions in Defense, Aerospace, Human Factors, and Security—you’ll help support the computing systems that power advanced analysis.
In this role, you’ll assist with defense research and development projects, working alongside experts in modeling, simulation, and systems engineering. You’ll help set up and support computing systems and workflows to ensure models, tools, and resources work together safely and efficiently for the Department of Defense. Your contributions will help improve decisions about new technologies and support the reliability and organization of complex systems.
Essential Job Functions:
As an Integration Engineer, you could expect to:
Assist in developing and organizing systems to manage engineering data for design initiatives.
Support data and tool management for geographically dispersed teams to help ensure secure and efficient information sharing.
Use modern computing technologies (such as cloud and high-performance computing) to support collaborative design workflows.
Help implement and maintain secure development and operational processes for software and model creation.
Work with multidisciplinary teams to support collaboration and technical integration.
Assist in planning and execution of demonstrations that integrate multiple technology solutions.
Document technical methods and procedures to support program requirements and knowledge transfer.
Provide technical support and help optimize computing systems to ensure effective project operations.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Must have an active Secret level U.S. DoD security clearance.
At least a BS degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related technical discipline and at least 5 years of related experience.
Experience with software development and programming languages (such as C, C++, Python, or Java).
Experience supporting the integration, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of computer systems, networks, or research components.
Familiarity with software development methodologies, such as Agile practices and test-driven development.
Understanding of system engineering principles, including requirements analysis, system design, and technical documentation.
Good communication skills for working with multidisciplinary teams and documenting technical procedures.
Ability to travel, as required.
Desired Skills:
MS in engineering, science, mathematics, or related technical discipline.
Active Top Secret security clearance or higher.
Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices and compliance standards relevant to Department of Defense environments.
Experience building micro-services and REST APIs, with some exposure to security and CI/CD tools.
Experience working in Agile teams and using tools like MS TFS, Confluence, and Jira.
Read LessDCS Air & Space Technology (AST) Sector is looking for a Senior Integration Engineer to join our fast-paced digital engineering team. If you enjoy building secure and reliable computing solutions and want to support important national security projects, this role puts you at the center of new technology and system analysis. At DCS—an employee-owned company known for innovative solutions in Defense, Aerospace, Human Factors, and Security—you’ll help create the computing systems that power advanced analysis from day one.
In this role, you’ll support leading defense research and development, working with experts in modeling, simulation, and systems engineering. You’ll design and set up computing systems and workflows that make sure models, tools, and resources work together safely and efficiently for the Department of Defense. Your work will help improve decisions about new technologies and keep complex systems strong, reliable, and well-organized.
Essential Job Functions:
As a Senior Integration Engineer, you could expect to:
Develop and organize systems to manage engineering data for design initiatives.
Establish and oversee data and tool management for geographically dispersed teams, ensuring secure and efficient information sharing.
Leverage modern computing technologies (such as cloud and high-performance computing) to enhance collaborative design workflows.
Implement and maintain secure development and operational processes for software and model creation.
Facilitate collaboration and technical integration across multidisciplinary teams.
Contribute to planning and execution of demonstrations that integrate multiple technology solutions.
Document technical methods and procedures to support program requirements and knowledge transfer.
Provide technical support and optimize computing systems to ensure smooth and effective project operations.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Must have an active Secret level U.S. DoD security clearance.
At least a BS degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related technical discipline and at least 8 years of related experience.
Proficiency in modern software development and programming languages (such as C, C++, Python, or Java).
Experience with architecting, building, and deploying secure computing systems and workflows, including cloud-based environments.
Ability to support integration, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of computer systems, networks, and research components.
Knowledge of software development methodologies, including Agile practices and test-driven development.
Strong understanding of system engineering principles, including requirements analysis, system design, and technical documentation.
Excellent communication skills for collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and documenting technical procedures.
Ability to travel, as required.
Desired Skills:
MS in engineering, science, mathematics, or related technical discipline.
Active Top Secret security clearance or higher.
Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices and compliance standards relevant to Department of Defense environments.
Experience building micro-services and REST APIs, with a focus on security and using CI/CD tools.
Experience leading and working in Agile teams, including roles like Scrum Master or Product Owner, and using tools like MS TFS, Confluence, and Jira.
Read LessDCS is looking for a systems engineer to lead a team performing a wide range of complex systems engineering services to ensure the Army Program Manager is compliant with program requirements and objectives, interoperability requirements, configuration management requirements, and other requirements.
Essential Job Functions:
Must be capable of leading efforts in:
Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF) efforts;
Joint Capability Integration and Development System (JCIDS);
System and/or software integration, platform integration
Interoperability with various Command, Control, and Communications (C3) systems;
Technical or operational testing; g. Sustainment and refreshment of capabilities;
Configuration management, planning and strategy meetings, program review and coordination meetings;
General systems engineering, systems implementation planning and system test and evaluation services;
Prepare specifications, plans, analyses, modeling, testing, simulations and reports;
Review engineering output in the areas of systems level operation and maintenance procedures, performance improvements criteria, tools assessments, metrics management, quality assurance, configuration management, technical orders, and maintenance practices;
Conduct systems engineering trade-off analysis;
Provides analysis related to the design, development, and integration of hardware, software, man-machine interfaces and all the systems level requirements to provide an integrated solution.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship and a TS/SCI clearance is required.
Bachelor's in engineering and 12 years of related experience.
Desired Skills:
DAU Level certification in Systems Engineering or related area.
Pay Range and Benefits: There are a variety of factors that can influence salary at DCS Corp, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
Salary max: $124k
At DCS, we pride ourselves on providing flexibility that allows employees to balance meaningful work with their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.
Our broad and competitive mix of benefits is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Our robust benefit offerings include medical, dental, 401k, ESOP, PTO, education reimbursement, work/life balance, parental and other leave programs.
Learn more about our benefits here: DCS Corp Benefits.
Read LessDCS is looking for a Program Manager to interface with an Army customer and manage a workforce of professionals providing SETA support, as well as provide direct support in test and evaluation.
Essential Job Functions:
Manages all contractor personnel assigned to the contract to ensure that all are performing appropriately.
Meets with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review tasks plans and deliverable items.
Ensures conformance with program tasks, schedules and costs.
Assists in creating, updating, coordinating, and staffing T&E documents that are managed under PEO IEWS;
Reviews and analyzes current draft and/or approved versions of PEO IEWS Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), Test Plans, Test Reports, and other program documentation for consistency, conformity to C5ISR requirements, adherence to higher headquarters directives, program impacts due to changes, etc.
Provide appropriate comments to the PEO IEWS; reviews program documents for consistency of schedules, test strategy, and force level interoperability requirements; coordinates with affected subordinate PMs to execute modification to TEMPs;
Participates in test and evaluation IPT on behalf of PEO IEWS; assists the combat developer in requirements research by ensuring requirements can be achieved with either current or anticipated technology; evaluating and balancing user desires against anticipated budget expectations; and assisting and educating users to encourage the development of testable requirements; provides support in preparing briefing packages for presentation to high level leadership.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship and a TS clearance is required.
Bachelor's and a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in management and supervision of substantive military hardware/software development, or related systems analysis.
Desired Skills:
DAU certification in Test and Evaluation and/or program management.
PMP certification.
Pay Range and Benefits: There are a variety of factors that can influence salary at DCS Corp, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
Salary Max: $142K
At DCS, we pride ourselves on providing flexibility that allows employees to balance meaningful work with their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.
Our broad and competitive mix of benefits is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Our robust benefit offerings include medical, dental, 401k, ESOP, PTO, education reimbursement, work/life balance, parental and other leave programs.
Learn more about our benefits here: DCS Corp Benefits.
Read LessDCS is looking for a senior test engineer to serves as an expert and participates in the planning, conducting and reporting of system-level technical testing at government and system contractor facilities.
Essential Job Functions:
Assists in coordinating and conducting functional tests for Tactical Operations Centers (TOCs) in support of the Army PM;
Assists in summarizing, documenting, and reporting various C5ISR/TOC test data and results to stakeholders;
Participate in TOC working groups and materiel development meetings to assist in developing coordinated fielding and testing schedules;
Assists in developing and producing Test Design Plans for TOC testing and other PEO IEWS programs and transformation initiatives.
Independently evaluates, selects and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, and makes minor adaptations and modifications.
Provides independent and professional support on portions of complex projects.
Provides professional engineering support with increasing independent accomplishment.
Develops, maintains, upgrades automated test scripts and architectures for application products.
Also write, implements and reports status for system test cases for testing.
Analyzes test cases and provides regular progress reports.
Services as a subject matter specialist, providing testing know-how for the support of user requirements of complex to highly complex software/hardware applications.
Participates in all phases of risk management.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship and a TS/SCI clearance is required.
Bachelor's in engineering and a minimum of 12 (twelve) years of progressively complex experience in testing of complex mechanical, electromechanical and electrical/electronic systems is required.
Desired Skills:
DAU certification in Test and Evaluation
Pay Range and Benefits: There are a variety of factors that can influence salary at DCS Corp, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
Salary Range: $124K
At DCS, we pride ourselves on providing flexibility that allows employees to balance meaningful work with their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.
Our broad and competitive mix of benefits is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Our robust benefit offerings include medical, dental, 401k, ESOP, PTO, education reimbursement, work/life balance, parental and other leave programs.
Learn more about our benefits here: DCS Corp Benefits.
Read LessIn this role, you will provide acquisition program management support to the USAF Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fighters and Advanced Aircraft (PAE Fighters) at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
This is a full-time on-site position without a telework option.
Essential Job Functions:
Assist in independently applying/demonstrating proficiency in various project/program initiatives. Assist in investigating, analyzing, planning, designing, developing, implementing, or evaluating solutions for project/program efforts.
Assist in providing expert-level issue resolution and recommendation support to achieve desired program outcomes and have specialized expertise to include the following functional areas: program management, logistics, maintenance, supply, financial management, test, security management, information management, and contracting.
Assist in building and maintaining business relationships between the program office, supporting Government offices, other contractors, USAF AFMC, AFLCMC, AFRL, Air Combat Command (ACC), AFGSC, and higher headquarters' mid-to-upper-level staff, to support the F/B Capability Plans and Programs for the various platforms.
Participate in and represent the interests of the F/B portfolio of programs in the Service Core Function process. Assist in building business relationships and perform activities necessary to influence science and technology investment decisions favorable to the F/B portfolio of programs. Assist in performing other related duties associated with F/B capability planning.
Possess USAF MAJCOM expertise, ideally at the HQ USAF, HQ ACC, or HQ AFGSC level, as a background for understanding broad user warfighter requirements. Assist with the analysis of war fighter requirements with ACC and AFGSC and serve as key advisor to Capability Planning leadership on mission critical capability needs.
Assist in preparing and reviewing pertinent data, coordinating with applicable managers, and finalizing related documentation/information for verbal and visual presentation of the plan status at meetings as required. These meetings shall include, but are not limited to, IPT meetings, Program Management Reviews (PMRs), TIMs, working groups, and conferences in support of the F/B portfolio.
Support analytic identification of needs and development of requirements for potential materiel solutions. Assist with the initiation of high confidence acquisition programs via early systems engineering, early test and evaluation strategy development, technology and manufacturing maturity, assessments of life-cycle analyses, lifecycle cost estimates, and early acquisition intelligence engagement.
Assist in identifying and solving problems and aid in the influence of science and technology investment decisions. Assist in developing and executing a collaborative process bridging warfighter-identified capability needs to plan for acquisition of materiel solutions. Support the trade-space evaluation of emerging capability needs, including system-of-systems assessments. Assist in identifying and assessing technology maturity and risk drivers and incorporate comprehensive lifecycle planning to include pre-concept through disposal in support of future program technical needs.
Assist in applying expertise of the acquisition process and all areas relating to acquisition policy matters, including acquisition streamlining, integrated weapon systems management, manning, best practices and lessons learned, to assigned projects.
Assist in executing a collaborative process bridging warfighter identified capability needs to include: planning for acquisition of materiel solutions, supporting the trade-space evaluation of emerging capability needs, include system-of-systems assessments, identifying and assessing technology maturity and risk drivers, and incorporating comprehensive life-cycle planning to include pre-concept through disposal in support of future program technical needs with the IPT and cross-cutting stakeholders’ joint coordination.
Support and represent F/B interests in TIMs and working groups, serve as a liaison between user requirements and organic engineering activity and engage in Collaborative Capability Team activities.
Support and conduct studies and analysis of tradeoffs for incorporation of potential capabilities in future platform capabilities. Assist in applying the principles of science and technology to identify, research, and develop opportunities for life cycle capabilities to meet future needs and/or reduce lifecycle costs.
Support analytic identification of needs and development of requirements for potential materiel solutions, initiation of high confidence acquisition programs via early systems engineering, early test and evaluation strategy development, technology and manufacturing maturity, assessments of life-cycle analyses, lifecycle cost estimates, and early acquisition intelligence engagement.
Assist in independently applying and demonstrating proficiency in various project/program initiatives. Assist in investigating, analyzing, planning, designing, developing, implementing, or evaluating solutions for project/program efforts. Assist in providing expert-level issue resolution and recommendation support to achieve desired program outcomes and have specialized expertise to include the following functional areas: program management, logistics, maintenance, supply, financial management, test, security management, information management, and contracting.
Assist in providing capability planning including but not limited to technology solution sets, strategy, cost savings, and sustainment in support of the F/B portfolio of programs.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
High School Diploma plus 20 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree plus 16 years of relevant experience.
Active DoD/DoW Secret clearance required on the First Day of employment.
Of the total relevant experience, a minimum of 5 years managing F-15 programs in a DoD acquisition environment.
Be very knowledgeable on the F-15 weapon system.
Program Management experience on fighter aircraft program(s) and fighter aircraft PMO(s).
Read LessDCS is looking for a program analyst to provide high level subject matter expertise in the planning, evaluation, review and prioritization of technical and financial resources associated with Army acquisition programs.
Essential Job Functions:
Advises and supports program, planning, evaluation and financial management functions; as well as the strategy and performance measurement functions for assigned programs.
Performs extensive coordination with Program Managers, other CPEs, DA staff, other services and industry personnel during all phases of the life cycle of assigned projects.
Applies expert knowledge of program planning and evaluation, Army missions, goals and objectives.
Completes strategic planning, engagements, and outreach.
Mentors junior program analysts.
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Bachelor's and minimum of fifteen (15) years' experience managing government technical acquisition programs is required of which one (1) year must be supervisory.
Top Secret clearance.
Desired Skills:
DAU Level III certification in relevant area.
Pay Range and Benefits: There are a variety of factors that can influence salary at DCS Corp, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
Salary Max: $124,000
At DCS, we pride ourselves on providing flexibility that allows employees to balance meaningful work with their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.
Our broad and competitive mix of benefits is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Our robust benefit offerings include medical, dental, 401k, ESOP, PTO, education reimbursement, work/life balance, parental and other leave programs.
Learn more about our benefits here: DCS Corp Benefits.
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