Training Systems Engineer

Location: NAS Patuxent River, MD

Security Clearance Requirement: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Telework Eligible? No, this position will be fully on-site

What You’ll Do:

As the Training Systems Engineer, you will provide technical and systems-engineering support to the F/A-18 Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) within NAVAIR’s Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program Office (PMA-205). This position will help identify technical risks, improve system performance, and ensure hardware and software solutions satisfy program requirements, configuration controls, and cybersecurity standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate technology, refresh requirements and provide technical recommendations for computing hardware, including processing units, graphics cards, memory, storage, and related components.
• Analyze hardware alternatives for performance, compatibility, cybersecurity, lifecycle support, availability, and cost.
• Plan, organize, and lead Technical Interchange Meetings with government, contractor, engineering, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders.
• Attend design reviews and identify technical barriers, integration concerns, dependencies, and risks that could affect proposed solutions.
• Participate in software installations to verify that installations are performed efficiently, system loads are properly implemented, and configurations comply with approved technical documentation.
• Attend and support Acceptance Test Procedures and other system verification and validation events.
• Review Boeing CDD documentation for technical accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with program requirements.
• Assist the IPTL in developing and implementing effective Configuration Management solutions.
• Support Risk Management Framework activities and help identify solutions that satisfy operational requirements while maintaining cybersecurity compliance.
• Coordinate with hardware, software, network, cybersecurity, test, and configuration-management personnel to resolve technical issues.
• Document technical recommendations, risks, decisions, action items, and proposed solutions for Government review.
• Monitor technical issues through resolution and communicate schedule, cost, performance, or cybersecurity impacts to program leadership.

This description outlines the general nature and scope of the role. Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.