Acquisition Program Engineer, Senior

Overview

At Credence, we support our clients mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for an Acquisition Program Engineer at the senior level to support The Disruptive Futures Division, AFLCMC/EBZ, seeks to define the course of what armament is to be by being the hub of concept creation and capability cultivation, one that is undaunted by risk, harnesses the brilliance of people from all sectors, boldly grasps technology s leading edge, sharpens it, and thrusts it into warfighters hands to deter at peace and defeat in armed conflict.

EBZ is in a uniquely qualified and independent position as an arm of the AF Armament Directorate by its ability to utilize the expertise of the entire AF armament enterprise to hone requirements discussions, guide and evaluate technology developments, analyze new concepts/trade space, execute and coordinate rapid demonstrations, and capture/propagate lessons learned from across the DoD, its industry partners, and non-traditional sources.

This job is onsite at Eglin AFB, FL.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the duties listed below:

• Conduct and support all engineering and technical activities required during the material solution analysis, technology, engineering, and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operation and support phases of the systems acquisition process to include the following: requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation (V/V), transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management. This includes; the development and preparation of all engineering and technical documentation that is an inherent part of the activities listed above (e.g. Systems Engineering Plan), systems review and analysis with written reporting, briefing, and artifact development as required for all of the technical specialty areas defined in this section;
  
  technical reviews, audits, and system engineering technical reviews and the planning and execution of all necessary technical reviews, assessments, and interchange meetings (e.g. Critical Design Review, Manufacturing Readiness Assessment, Reliability Technical Interchange
• Meeting (TIM) and associated artifacts (e.g. Critical Design Review entry and exit criteria). Implement robust processes to address the life-cycle requirements of each product support area.
• Produce architecture which assesses the users needs, document the planned and existing systems intended to meet the needs, determine deficiencies, develop alternative solutions, recommend solutions to meet the deficiencies, and support development of a plan to implement the chosen solution.
• Provide developmental planning support in evaluation of the military mission to be accomplished and related requirements documentation.
• Compare the ability of existing and/or derivative existing systems to meet mission needs/requirements.
• Advise and assist with detailing the operational requirements and the functional interactions within the system and with other systems, considering life cycle costs, logistics supportability, human factors, etc., to determine if the basic building blocks of the system are defined in sufficient detail to support a development program effort.
• Plan the integration of existing engineering technology into systems.
• Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing, developing, testing, and evaluating systems and subsystems.
• Perform reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, and analyses and provide technical recommendations to the Government.
• Review and analyze proposals or modifications for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
• Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment and simulator requirements; prepare technical documentation; and provide engineering evaluation of equipment and simulator designs.
• Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk, and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Conduct simulation studies to evaluate all aspects of armament system development and acquisition, including but not limited to, system and component performance, engineering trade-offs, system effectiveness and logistics.
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