The Role
Leads navigation engineering for an unmanned aircraft air vehicle team, coordinating development, production, sustainment, training, and navigation subject matter experts. Oversees navigation requirements, architectures, engineering changes, technical reviews, capability upgrades, roadmaps, obsolescence, reliability, GCS integration, and laboratory, ground, and flight testing. The role requires substantial defense acquisition experience, Navy acquisition support, Secret clearance, and knowledge of military navigation, avionics, and DoD acquisition processes.
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
ResponsibilitiesAMERICAN SYSTEMS is currently seeking Navigation Engineering Lead Support for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Air Vehicle Team.
As a Navigation Lead for the Air Vehicle Team, you will:
- Work with a team of driven, supportive and highly skilled professionals
- Receive a robust benefits package that includes an Employee Stock Ownership Plan!
- Enjoy flexibility managing your work hours and personal needs with a single accrual leave plan.
A day in the life of Air Vehicle Navigation Engineering Lead:
- Report to the VMS Flight Management Lead Systems Engineer and in their absence, directly to the Air Vehicle Team Lead.
- Responsible for coordination across Development, Production, Sustainment and Training IPTs.
- Manage a team of navigation subject matter experts.
- Responsible for all matters related to domestic and Cooperative Program flight navigation systems, to include, but not limited to, navigation, communication, air traffic management, and other avionics equipment installed on the aircraft, to ensure that the avionics are effectively supported throughout its operational service life.
- Responsible for managing navigation requirements and architecture, Engineering Change proposal (ECP), Technical Directive (TD) Technical Direction Letter (TDL) products and navigation capability upgrades.
- Manage capabilities include life cycle development and System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) process including critical design reviews for navigation systems that integrate across multiple IPT’s in the program office organization structure. Capabilities include Embedded GPS INS (EGI), Performance Based Navigation (PBN), Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM), Military GPS (M-Code), Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP), Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) and Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR).
- Responsible for coordination of navigation roadmap, Jira ticket tracking, DMSMS obsolescence and reliability, integration with the Ground Control System (GCS), lab and ground/ test flight test.
- A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in Defense acquisition, of which a minimum of three (3) years must be in support of Navy Acquisition management.
- Bachelor’s degree is preferred. An associate’s degree and an additional four (4) years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree, or an additional eight (8) years of experience (without associates degree) may be substituted for a BA/BS.
- Must have a current Secret clearance, TS preferred.
- Knowledgeable of acquisition policies and procedures, Communications, Navigation, Surveillance, Air Traffic Management (CNS-ATM) / Global Air Traffic Management (GATM), requirements and architecture management.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the requirements of the DoW 5000 series.
- Demonstrated ability to work with large and diverse teams and the ability to effectively provide guidance, direction, and supervision in all areas of major system acquisitions contracted effort such as program management concepts and tools, systems engineer.
Skills Required
- Minimum 8 years of professional experience in defense acquisition
- Minimum 3 years supporting Navy acquisition management
- Current Secret security clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- Associate's degree plus four additional years of experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree
- Eight additional years of experience without an associate's degree may substitute for a bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of acquisition policies and procedures
- Knowledge of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance, Air Traffic Management and Global Air Traffic Management
- Knowledge of requirements and architecture management
- Knowledge and experience with DoD 5000 series requirements
- Ability to work with large and diverse teams and provide guidance, direction, and supervision on major systems acquisition efforts
- Knowledge of program management concepts, tools, and systems engineering
- Top Secret clearance
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The Company
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
