Pod Integration Program Support Specialist Senior F-WAM; Secret

Pod Integration Program Support Specialist Senior F-16 WAM (Secret)

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Credence has an immediate opening for a Pod Integration Program Support Specialist at the senior level who will be primarily responsible for supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center WAM (AFLCMC/WAM) directorate, F‑16 division at WPAFB, OH.

F‑16 “Viper” AFLCMC/WAM is headquartered at Hill Air Force Base with units located at Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base, Tyndall Air Force Base, Eglin Air Force Base, and Davis‑Morrow Air Force Base. The F‑16 “Viper” is a multi‑role fighter jet delivering air‑to‑air, air‑to‑ground, and surveillance capabilities for the United States Air Force (USAF) and Coalition Partners.

The F‑16 program has the largest Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program in U.S. history producing over 4,500 jets for 24 countries. Each F‑16 FMS case is uniquely tailored to country requirements / development / funding. Presently, FMS production orders exist through 2030. Additionally, the F‑16 program includes the Multi‑National Fighter Program (MNFP). MNFP is not a typical FMS program, but a unique, cooperative USAF and development program implemented through the FMS process under the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

MNFP began in 1975 with the countries of Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway;
Portugal joined in 200.

• Perform an integral role in assisting requirements definition with higher HQ; serve as key advisor to program leadership on targeting pod critical capability trades as required.
• Support government fielding of targeting pod capabilities on the F‑16 by interfacing with HQ ACC divisions, targeting pod program offices, AF sustainment centers and major defense contractors, DT&E and OT&E test organizations, ANG/AFRES headquarters/test organization, and the internal F‑16 functional organizations.
• Assist in managing integration test execution for the Sniper XR, Sniper Sensor Enhanced, LITENING Gen 4, and LITENING Sensor Enhanced targeting pods with F‑16 software programs.
• Support the branch management in risk, cost, schedule, and performance of various targeting pod integration efforts in a program management role.
• Support the planning and organizing of program or project activities and analysis and perform professional or technical work related to program management.
• Assist in planning, organizing, completing, and presenting assessments of program or project management concepts, analyses, studies, and procedures.
• Assist in evaluating implications of existing or proposed projects, programs, processes, and policies/laws and recommending improvements.
• Assist in analyzing status changes and rapidly building integration schedule changes to mitigate both F‑16 and pod schedule shifts.
• Assist with performing schedule and status analysis across Pod, weapons, and M‑Series (F‑16 Specific Post‑Block OFP Software) (F‑16 Pre‑Block is System Capability Upgrade (SCU)) software programs for the F‑16 fleet to develop and provide an analytical product to assist higher HQ deployment scheduling.
• Assist with cost estimating for targeting pod and/or weapons integration and test and support financial cost estimator development of F‑16 USAF program cost estimates and budget submissions.
• Assist in performing estimates to ensure sufficient funding to execute out‑of‑cycle integration of targeting pod…