Global Hawk

In this role you will provide full-spectrum ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT support to the WIA / GLOBAL HAWK PROGRAM OFFICE within the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Essential Job Functions:

In addition to tasks and responsibilities related to the specific project, all team members must perform the various common programmatic duties to enable the accomplishment of the Global Hawk acquisition mission, to include:

Apply a full range of acquisition program management philosophies, policies, and procedures to perform a wide range of acquisition management activities to include pre and post contract award and milestone reviews in support of the existing and future Global Hawk programs/projects

Manage and monitor their assigned program to include program of record changes, cost/schedule/performance issues, risks, and contract status

Assist in the planning, organization, activation, and control of the Comprehensive Cost and Requirements (CCaR) management system to assure proper identification of supporting financial and budget line items, funds loading and establishment of appropriate tracking tools/management products to monitor and report overall schedule and budget baseline performance

Assist to activate and monitor the various project Purchase Request (PR) funding loads within CCaR

Apply an understanding of defense acquisition program management to manage and maintain the Global Hawk weapon system Integrated Master Plans/Integrated Master Schedules (IMP/IMS), earned value measurement metrics management system, and the USAF CCaR financial planning tool

Assist with planning, organization, and control of all Global Hawk weapon system capabilities master schedules, testing schedules, program’s weapon system prime / subcontractor schedules, and identification / resolution of variances in weapon system contractor performance

Assist in USAF project management during the development and integration of aircraft hardware/software to assess the functionality of each component

Assist in assessing system operational performance in satisfying validated operational requirements

Apply knowledge and experience to manage and monitor the prime contractor’s efforts to design, develop, test and field Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) that apply to the airframe or legacy ground station

Monitor efforts to integrate sensors into the air vehicle or ground stations, software integration lab activities, testing, ground and flight regression and developmental testing, operational test configuration certification, operational test execution and reporting and fielding support

Assist in writing and developing contract SOW documents and CDRLs and participate in contract proposal technical evaluations designed to govern the international project Global Hawk weapon systems procurement

Apply an understanding of the Global Hawk weapon system to assess viability, identify risks, and monitor progress of mission planning system solutions. The Contractor shall monitor USAF and USN RQ-4 program statuses, to include program of record changes, cost/schedule/performance issues, risks, and contract status, to assess interdependency impacts to international business Global Hawk weapon system acquisition projects

Participate in Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) working groups and evaluations

Shall be able to travel to CONUS or OCONUS locations as needed to support job duties and be able to obtain a valid passport if required

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

BA/BS degree, and 15 years of experience, five of which must be in the DoD.

An adjudicated DoD Secret Security clearance on the First Day of employment