Scope: Provide subject matter support services for the highly complex MH-60 special operations aircraft (SOA) being procured/upgraded and fielded by the TAPO. Successful performance requires extensive knowledge of the aircraft level qualification requirements and ability to interface effectively with aircraft subsystems and systems developers and airworthiness qualification engineers.
Responsibilities:
- Provides expert level technical, analytical, and program management support for MH-60 helicopter upgrade programs and service life extension programs.
- Establishes and tracks metrics as they relate to cost, schedule and performance.
- Interprets, refines and integrates user requirements as they relate to the development process.
- Assists in all technical reviews associated with MH-60 integration efforts.
- Independently estimates and evaluates cost and schedule and monitors vendor compliance with stated requirements.
- Independently identifies potential risks and suggests appropriate courses of action should technical issues arise or user requirements change.
Education and Experience:
- Minimum of 15 years’ experience working in military aviation is required.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience working in acquisition (supporting definition, development, qualification, and fielding of equipment).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working in an aviation program management office is highly desired.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field is highly desired.
- Master’s degree in management or technical field is desired.
- Secret or Interim Secret security clearance is required.
Skills Required
- Minimum 15 years of experience working in military aviation
- Minimum 10 years of experience supporting equipment acquisition, including definition, development, qualification, and fielding
- Secret or Interim Secret security clearance
- Minimum 5 years of experience working in an aviation program management office
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field
- Master's degree in management or a technical field
What We Do
CAI has over 29 years of proven experience in providing extensive technical and logistics support services to the United States Army and Navy. CAI currently has 300 employees, both CONUS and OCONUS, providing support across a broad spectrum of areas to include: • Aviation maintenance management • Field service engineering • Logistics support • Acquisition and life cycle management • Systems and program integration • Test and evaluation planning • Developmental test pilot services • Test coordination and execution • Results presentation • Airworthiness qualification plan development • Safety analyses • Ordnance management and engineering • Explosives processing • Requirements definition and concept development • System development and qualification • Production planning and support • Life cycle costing • Resource management • Systems engineering • Program/project management
