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Adapt mobile control station applications to a cloud environment, build Infrastructure-as-Code and containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), implement networking/security, instrumentation and integration, and support system testing in an Agile, multidisciplinary team. Work includes cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and DevOps toolchain integration.

Lead design and implementation of enterprise Java microservices and data-flow pipelines. Build Spring Boot backends (Java 21) with NiFi, S3 integration, MongoDB/Elasticsearch, and observability via Prometheus/Grafana. Create front-end dashboards (Angular/React/Vue) with real-time WebSocket/SSE updates, integrate messaging (JMS/ActiveMQ), and collaborate across teams while maintaining Top Secret/SCI eligibility.

Develops and coordinates integrated master plans and schedules, integrates schedules across functions, tracks progress, performs risk and critical-path analysis, applies EVM and MS Project to identify variances, and supports program implementation. Requires travel and active DoD Secret clearance.

Lead systems engineering for hardware-software systems through requirements capture, architecture, design reviews (including CDR), verification/validation (HIL/SIL), configuration management, and transition to production. Manage cross-functional teams, author CDR artifacts, resolve test discrepancies, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring traceability and readiness for certification and production.

Design and support precision mechanical components for inertial navigation systems. Create drawings, GD&T, BOMs, and manufacturing instructions; develop and execute vibration/thermal/shock tests; provide production support, root-cause analysis, and mentor junior engineers. Collaborate across engineering, program management, supply chain, and manufacturing to ensure high-reliability inertial products.

Lead sector financial reporting and technical accounting, overseeing monthly/quarterly close, SEC disclosure, SAP/HFM journal entries, ASC 606 revenue guidance, SOX controls, and external audits. Draft accounting position papers, provide US GAAP/SEC interpretations, train staff, mentor team members, and support ad-hoc profitability and contract reviews.

Lead program-level Risks, Issues, and Opportunities (RIO) process for the F-35 program across production, development, and sustainment. Own RIO quality, assess technical/cost/schedule impacts, integrate across IPTs, troubleshoot RIO tool, deliver training, support audits, and lead monthly review boards and customer/leadership reviews.

Lead and develop a contracts team supporting the F-35 program, manage contract administration and negotiations, serve as primary customer interface, drive proposal development and risk mitigation, and use data analytics to improve compliance and decision-making. On-site in Southern California with ~10% travel.

Lead a team of program planning and scheduling analysts to develop and maintain integrated master schedules (IMS/IMP), ensure horizontal/vertical integration, conduct IBR/JSR audits, implement industry scheduling best practices (EVMS, CPM, SRA, DCMA 14-point), produce status reporting and schedule health metrics, perform schedule/resource/cost analyses, and present findings to leadership while collaborating across functional and supplier teams.

Design, develop, and analyze complex models and simulations—primarily for inertial navigation systems—implement algorithms, validate models with simulation data, integrate MS&A into system architectures, and support system testing, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. Role requires active DoD Secret clearance and onsite work in Woodland Hills, CA.