Principal Mission Planner

Overview

How you will contribute to our National Security and Defense mission:
As a Mission Planner, Principalyou will be responsible for providing mission planning support to Department of the Air Force R&D technology efforts.

You will be an integral part of a combined government/contractor team developing and demonstrating new capabilities for the Department of the Air Force.

• You have a passion for aerospace, defense, and advanced technologies.
• You excel at paying attention to detail and providing excellent customer service in a professional environment.
• You are passionate about continuous learning and growth, and you seek opportunities to challenge yourself.
• You are driven to make a meaningful impact through your work.
• Ideal candidates enjoy solving problems and possess the ability to quickly understand and adapt to solve customer challenges.

Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:

• Develop long and short-term planning products supporting test objectives and events.
• Develop and brief weekly and 24-hour board consisting of objectives, safety constraints, resource constraints, budgets, and other metrics as determined.
• Use mission planning software to track subsystems.
• Document and understand vehicle configurations.
• Perform vehicle scheduling and create detailed planning documents.
• Perform planning objectives for Ops Readiness Campaigns to include exercises and rehearsals.

• Experience with mission planning software for satellite or aircraft operations.
• Experience conducting and planning satellite or aircraft operations.
• Experience working with space or air vehicles and systems including systems integration and test, field testing, modeling and simulation, and valuation and analysis.
• Minimum 10 years  experience with requirements analysis, requirements definition and verification, technology planning, air or space vehicle and systems design, systems integration, and advanced testing.
• Extensive knowledge of integrated systems, milestone planning, hardware development, testing of current and future concepts, the test planning process, testing procedures, testing equipment, and proper data collection handling at a classified level. This includes supporting the design, test, and readiness reviews to ensure on-time and fully capable deliveries.
• Experience with missiles, sensors, air vehicles, or space vehicles or flight systems.

• Minimum Bachelor s degree in aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, or electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering. A Master s degree or PhD in one or more of the above engineering fields is highly desired.

• Experience mission planning and supporting dynamic servicing operations.

Must possess an active Top Secret Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility.

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Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

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