Acquisition Program Engineer

About this role

Overview
At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.
We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.
Credence has an immediate need for an Acquisition Program Engineer at the journeyman level to support The Air Dominance Division, AFLCMC/EBA, has responsibility for developing, producing, and sustaining Counter-Air, Counter-Air Defense, and Aerial Targets (including control and payload systems) for our nation's warfighters and foreign military customers. The Division provides advanced, high-impact, highly classified armament technologies and capabilities to meet joint Air Force, Navy, and Army warfighter requirements and creates enduring Air Dominance through agile, innovative solutions.
This job is onsite at Eglin AFB, FL.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the duties listed below:
Conduct reviews of armament program portfolios to evaluate and recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs and processes, manage and sustain program technical baselines, and design and perform system-level tests to ensure subsystem and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved specifications.
Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective actions using the application of engineering principles; perform system validation, including development of criteria and procedures.
Analyze and evaluate results of major engineering weapon systems and provide technical recommendations to the Government.
Provide system and program engineering, technical support, and technical training for acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment, fielding, installation, operations oversight, and continued evolution of armament programs and initiatives.
Support program and project risk management activities in compliance with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
Conduct and support engineering activities across the systems acquisition life cycle, including material solution analysis, technology development, engineering and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operations and support.
Support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management.
Develop and prepare engineering and technical documentation, including systems engineering plans, technical review artifacts, written reports, briefings, audits, assessments, and other required program artifacts.
Plan, support, and execute technical reviews, audits, systems engineering technical reviews, assessments, interchange meetings, Critical Design Reviews, Manufacturing Readiness Assessments, Reliability Technical Interchange Meetings, and associated entry/exit criteria.
Produce architecture that assesses user needs, document planned and existing systems, identify deficiencies, develop alternative solutions, recommend solutions, and support implementation planning.
Provide developmental planning support, including evaluation of military missions, mission needs, and related requirements documentation.
Compare existing or derivative systems against mission needs and requirements, considering operational requirements, system interactions, life cycle costs, logistics supportability, and human factors.
Plan the integration of existing engineering technologies into armament and weapon systems.
Support Analyses of Alternatives for aircraft, cruise missile, and weapon systems in compliance with DoDD 5000.01, DoDI 5000.02, and applicable Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense guidance.
Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing, developing, testing, and evaluating systems and subsystems.
Perform reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, analyses, and technical recommendations related to weapon systems engineering, acquisition, and sustainment.
Review and analyze proposals or modifications for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
Provide proposal analysis support comparing and quantifying proposed systems, components, and technical approaches for feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
Provide concepts and requirements analysis support, including review and analysis of Initial Capabilities Documents, Capability Development Documents, Capability Production Documents, Analyses of Alternatives, Military Utility Assessments, CONOPS, Technology Development Strategies, Functional Configuration Audits, Physical Configuration Audits, and Technology Standards Profiles.
Review and analyze system concepts and approved user requirements entered into system requirements baselines, including functional, allocated, and product baselines.
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 scheduling 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.
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