Acquisition Program Engineer - Mission Planning

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Overview Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With more than 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI & data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver on a scale and with purpose. We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for six consecutive years and named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming environment for those looking to grow and make a meaningful impact. We encourage employees to push boundaries and help solve critical, world-changing federal challenges. Position Summary Credence has an immediate need for an Acquisition Program Engineer – Mission Planning at the senior level supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin AFB, Florida. The Agile Weapons Division, AFLCMC/EBX, has responsibility for delivering weapon capabilities with speed and agility by designing, testing, fielding, producing, and sustaining in an integrated digital environment and manages the Air Force’s leading hypersonic weapons programs. These programs include the Future Hypersonic Program (FYHP), Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), and the Hypersonic Air-Launched Cruise Missile (HACM). EBX fully leverages Open, Agile and Digital concepts, often from program inception, to shorten acquisition timelines and deliver capabilities at the speed of relevance. This job is onsite at Eglin AFB, FL. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the duties listed below: Apply knowledge and experience in the design, development, production, operation, and sustainment of air armament systems across the acquisition life cycle, from requirements analysis through disposal. Provide experienced engineering and technical resources with armament domain experience to support required program tasks. Conduct and support engineering and technical activities during material solution analysis, technology development, engineering and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operations and support phases, including requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation, transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management. Develop and prepare engineering and technical documentation, systems review and analysis reports, briefings, technical artifacts, technical reviews, audits, systems engineering technical reviews, assessments, and technical interchange meetings. Implement robust processes to address life-cycle requirements for each product support area. Produce architecture that assesses user needs, documents planned and existing systems, identify deficiencies, develop alternative solutions, recommend solutions, and support implementation planning. Provide developmental planning support by evaluating the military mission to be accomplished and related requirements documentation. Compare the ability of existing and derivative systems to meet mission needs and requirements. Advise and assist with detailing operational requirements and functional interactions within the system and with other systems, considering life cycle costs, logistics supportability, human factors, and related considerations. Plan the integration of existing engineering technology into systems and support analyses of alternatives for aircraft, cruise missile, and weapon systems in compliance with applicable DoD and Air Force acquisition guidance. 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 evaluate equipment and simulator designs. Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk, and schedule trade-off studies. Conduct simulation studies to evaluate armament system development and acquisition, including system and component performance, engineering trade-offs, system effectiveness, and logistics. Conduct make-or-buy analyses for systems, subsystems, and components of principal, support, and test equipment; evaluate time and engineering cost estimates in support of research, development, test, training, and acquisition of armament-related systems. Perform engineering tasks related to advanced aircraft, cruise missiles, weapon systems, munitions systems, and range systems requirements and performance. Develop and use analytical and simulation techniques to optimize system performance and effectiveness, establish system sensitivities, define system parameters, evaluate hardware, and validate flight test results. Review, evaluate, and monitor weapon system prime contractor and supplier drawings for completeness, currency, technical accuracy, and conformance to requirements, specifications, regulations, and quality control standards. Advise and assist with weapon system contractor-related source selection tasks, including recommendation of evaluation areas, development of source selection documentation, proposal analysis in a non-decision-making advisory role, and preparation of related reports, summaries, memorandums, briefings, and responses. Develop, prepare, review, integrate, and recommend changes to selected milestone review documentation, periodic reports, and certifications identified in DoDI 5000.02 and applicable Air Force supplements. Develop munition or subsystem proposal technical trad