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Perform cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, earned value management, variance analysis, and financial reporting for a DoD AWACS modernization program. The role integrates cost and schedule data, supports EACs, ETCs, IBRs, CSDR submissions, risk analysis, contract changes, audits, and executive reviews. The analyst collaborates with program, engineering, supply chain, government, and subcontractor stakeholders while ensuring compliance with DoD, DFARS, DCMA, and EVMS requirements.

Leads end-to-end execution of a complex multinational SATCOM program supporting NATO communications. Oversees customer and stakeholder relationships, budgets, schedules, contracts, subcontractors, system integration, deployment, sustainment, logistics, cybersecurity compliance, quality, training, documentation, and lifecycle support. Manages cross-functional teams, program risks, performance objectives, and executive reporting while ensuring technical, cost, schedule, security, and customer satisfaction goals are achieved.

Leads configuration and data management for military aircraft modernization programs, including hardware, software, firmware, avionics, technical baselines, engineering changes, audits, certification, and technical data repositories. Supervises configuration control activities, manages Configuration Control Boards, supports requirements and design reviews, maintains documentation and revision control, and coordinates engineering, quality, program, subcontractor, and government stakeholders. Ensures compliance with DoD, AS9100, ISO 9001, airworthiness, and contractual requirements.

Oversee quality assurance for military avionics modernization and aircraft integration programs. Responsibilities include maintaining AS9100 and ISO quality systems, conducting audits, managing supplier quality and nonconformances, supporting aircraft modification inspections and acceptance testing, leading software quality activities, maintaining configuration-controlled documentation, supporting airworthiness compliance, and driving corrective actions and continuous improvement.

Leads aircraft system safety activities for the E-767 AWACS Radio System Upgrade, including hazard analyses, risk mitigation, airworthiness certification, reliability assessments, test safety, and compliance with military standards. Reviews aircraft modifications, avionics integrations, installation designs, test procedures, and safety evidence. Supports design reviews, flight clearance, certification, customer working groups, and final acceptance while coordinating with systems engineering, avionics, software, flight test, government stakeholders, and airworthiness authorities.

Supports a defense aviation modernization program by integrating and analyzing complex program data across cost, schedule, risk, logistics, testing, configuration management, and cybersecurity. Develops dashboards and executive reports, performs KPI and performance analysis, supports program reviews and aircraft integration efforts, tracks test results and corrective actions, and automates reporting processes. Requires extensive DoD or aerospace experience, aircraft modernization expertise, and an active Secret clearance.

Develops technical training programs for SATCOM and military systems, including curricula, instructor and student guides, eLearning, assessments, certification programs, and job aids. Performs training needs and task analyses, applies ISD and NATO NSAT methodologies, integrates engineering and logistics documentation, validates courseware, and supports instructor certification and train-the-trainer programs. Requires collaboration with engineers, technical SMEs, and military stakeholders while maintaining alignment with system baselines and technical publications.

Design, simulate, implement, and verify FPGA logic for wireless, mixed-signal, RF, and embedded platforms. Develop reusable hardware modules, testbenches, and verification procedures; use vendor tools for synthesis, timing analysis, programming, and debugging. Support FPGA and board bring-up, high-speed interfaces, signal-processing implementations, embedded Linux integration, laboratory testing, documentation, and customer-funded R&D. Collaborate with DSP, RF, software, systems, and test engineers across the product lifecycle.

Develops and maintains technical publications for military aircraft avionics and communications modernization programs. Produces technical manuals, technical orders, installation and operational procedures, software documentation, sustainment materials, training content, and logistics documentation. Collaborates with engineering, software, cybersecurity, integration, testing, and program teams; documents architectures, requirements, configuration changes, verification activities, and aircraft modifications while ensuring compliance with military standards and customer requirements.

Leads mechanical and structural integration for E-767 AWACS avionics, communications, and mission-system upgrades. Responsibilities include aircraft modification design, structural and stress analysis, CAD and engineering documentation, airworthiness certification, qualification activities, design reviews, testing, and on-site installation support. The role supervises engineering activities and collaborates with government customers, Boeing, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams. Experience with aircraft modifications, avionics integration, military airworthiness, radio systems, EMC/EMI, TEMPEST, and E3 requirements is required.