Mid-Level Test and Evaluation Support Analyst

Description

ACE Group is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that provides expertise in the operational application of current and future airborne weapons systems, with an emphasis on their lethality and survivability in the Battlespace. Our employees draw from a wealth of personal, professional and company experience to provide our Nation’s decision makers with the knowledge required to optimally equip our Armed Services with affordable, lethal and survivable weapons systems. We serve as our customers’ most trusted agents in their goal of producing enterprise-wide survivability investments and executable programs. We fill key roles within customer offices, offering critical knowledge regarding design, development, procurement, and test and evaluation of new and upgraded weapons and platforms. ACE Group’s philosophy is simple: Our success must be grounded on service and honest relationships. We focus on meeting the needs of our customers and employees, and trust that with those satisfied employees and satisfied customers, the business will take care of itself. ACE Group provides exciting opportunities for professional growth, and generous benefits, including  personal time off, individual and  family health, vision, and dental benefits, and 401(k) . 

The qualified applicant will support a NAVAIR Program Office based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, providing leadership for a multidisciplinary team to coordinate test and evaluation of Naval Aviation weapon systems.  The applicant will work with customer, functional management, project engineering, and program management to plan and support T&E, systems engineering, and integration activities.  Must possess the ability to rapidly understand new concepts, apply them accurately in an evolving and complex environment, and effectively organize, schedule and coordinate work phases and tasks. Excellent oral and written communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required.  

Requirements

Specific duties and responsibilities include:  

• Develop T&E strategies that support program goals and constraints Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of the test program 
• Develop Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) 
• Develop/review test plans to validate system hardware and software products 
• Develop/review test scenarios            
• Facilitate Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) as needed Establish and maintain a program filing system or databases as needed for tracking project T&E status 
• Support program management and systems engineering processes and meetings
• Identify opportunities to use Modeling and Simulation to verify system performance
• Articulate test objectives for events and identify test limitations. Maximize test data collection within range time and have contingency plans for shortened range periods or limited test assets.
• Trace test objectives to higher level system requirements.
• Collaborate with range test engineers, safety of flight, engineers, security, and logisticians to draft test plan documents. 

Requirements:

• US citizen with active Top  Secret clearance 
• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or related science; experience may be considered based on customer approval.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in an integration and test environment for complex Naval Aviation weapon systems and one year of experience in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). 
• Demonstrated experience in developing T&E strategies and leading weapon systems T&E tasks 
• Ability to create compelling, coherent briefing products; excellent writing skills

ACE Group is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that provides expertise in the operational application of current and future airborne weapons systems, with an emphasis on their lethality and survivability in the Battlespace. Our employees draw from a wealth of personal, professional and company experience to provide our Nation’s decision makers with the knowledge required to optimally equip our Armed Services with affordable, lethal and survivable weapons systems.

We serve as our customers’ most trusted agents in their goal of producing enterprise-wide survivability investments and executable programs. We fill key roles within customer offices, offering critical knowledge regarding design, development, procurement, and test and evaluation of new and upgraded weapons and platforms.

ACE Group’s philosophy is simple: Our success must be grounded on service and honest relationships. We focus on meeting the needs of our customers and employees, and trust that with those satisfied employees and satisfied customers, the business will take care of itself.

 ACE Consulting Group LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.