FIRE CONTROL DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LEAD
What you'd do
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Major duties
You will foster a cohesive team and build broad coalitions across Strategic Systems Programs stakeholders, system users, and industry partners to align priorities and streamline the execution of modernization initiatives. You will lead the engineering, design, and development of major hardware and software updates to the Fire Control System (FCS) to ensure next-generation lethality, interoperability, and system safety standards. You will oversee the integration, testing, and delivery of major FCS updates to operational platforms, ensuring minimal disruption to active units and high mission readiness You will construct, defend, and manage multi-year program budgets to justify resource requirements before senior leadership and secure funding for critical capabilities You will develop and execute comprehensive contracting strategies and support formal contract awards in accordance with DoD acquisition regulations to deliver high-quality system updates on time. You will coordinate cross-functional efforts spanning engineering, logistics, finance, and contracting to ensure all program milestones are met in alignment with overall program requirements
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Directing and delivering major updates to weapons systems. Constructing and defending program budgets in support of modernization requirements. Developing robust contracting strategies for complex acquisition awards. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:1501 Series, 800 Engineering Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
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