Senior Field Engineer

Job Title: Senior Field Engineer

Location: Fort Huachuca, AZ

Position Type: Full-Time

Position Summary: 

This position will serve as the on-site Technical Lead of a team of Field Technicians, helping to ensure the successful execution of test and evaluation missions. The Senior Field Engineer will bridge the gap between complex engineering requirements and tactical field execution, ensuring that TSMO’s interests are represented and maintained within the MDO infrastructure to include responsibilities such as directing the installation, maintenance, and real-time troubleshooting of sophisticated threat systems and instrumentation. Beyond technical execution, the Senior Field Engineer will assist in the management of the daily operations of the Field Technician team, ensuring all activities align with TSMO’s strategic interests and rigorous safety standards. By maintaining high system availability and data integrity during live and simulated exercises, the Senior Field Engineer works to ensure that the MDO test bed remains a viable environment for evaluating the Army’s next-generation capabilities. The successful candidate must possess the technical maturity to navigate the unique challenges of a desert range environment while maintaining the professional oversight necessary to lead a high-performing technical team in a high-consequence military testing environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Proven MDO Experience: Demonstrated experience in the initial stand-up, development, or long-term execution of a Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) test bed

· UAS Flight Experience: Proficiency in operating Group 1 UAS (e.g., T-Storm) within both restricted and unrestricted airspace

· Threat Systems Management: Coordinate activities leading to the successful setup, teardown, and operation of threat-representative systems on DoD test ranges

· Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Perform maintenance, repairs, and real-time troubleshooting on various technical equipment with minimal supervision

· Mobile Asset Operations: Operate motorized vehicles and tow specialized equipment across rugged DoD test range terrain; perform basic maintenance and upkeep on motorized vehicles and mechanical items as needed

· Workforce Oversight: Collaborate the planning and coordination of manpower and mission resources with Government leadership; lead the scheduling, daily tasking, and assignments for the contractor field technician team

Requirements and Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in either Electronic or Electrical Engineering from an ABET school

· Minimum 15 years’ direct experience in technical operations and/or field operations

· Extensive experience within the Army's testing community (ATEC, EPG, TSMO)

· A background that combines Engineering fundamentals with the mechanical aptitude to maintain field equipment

· Proven experience as a Site Lead or Engineering Manager, specifically with a history of building and maintaining professional relationships with senior leaders

· Must be a self starter who is comfortable in a fast-paced environment with the ability to execute multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously

· Ability to travel for test and training events, planning conferences, leadership meetings, site surveys, etc. as needed, up to 30% of the time.

· Must have and maintain a TOP SECRET (TS/SCI) security clearance

Desired

· FAA Part 107 License

· Familiarity with cost estimating; ability to provide Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates for equipment repairs or site upgrades on the fly

· Experience dealing directly with Original Equipment Manufacturers to fast-track the receipt of technical support, spares, replacement parts, etc. as needed

· Experience creating formal Standard Operating Procedures

CULTURE REQUIREMENTS:

• Engineers, Analysts, and Developers at Cintel, Inc. are highly motivated, technical, and self‐organized. We place a lot of trust in our team members to develop technical solutions for ill‐defined problems (i.e. thrive in an environment where the problem is vague, requirements are lacking, and a solution is not obvious). We need problem solvers.


• We want our team members to be self‐motivated and eager to learn new skills. If you consider yourself a jack‐of‐all‐trades, and are eager to keep up with the latest trends in technology, you’ll fit right in.

ABOUT CINTEL, INC:

Cintel Inc. is a Small Business providing strategies and services to support an array of Government clients in Software Development, Operational/Tactical and Installation/Facilities Energy, Cyber Security, Modeling and Simulation, Data Science, and Programmatic support.

We offer our clients nimble, unique, and value focused solutions with an emphasis on people, connectivity, communication, and teamwork. Our team believes that people drive solutions. By connecting people, information, teams, and experience we deliver solutions that respond to customer needs.

It is the policy of Cintel that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veteran status. These policies shall ensure that the practice of nondiscrimination will be applied in the employment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, recall or rehire of personnel. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

Cintel, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on any of the characteristics mentioned above. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated