Foreign Military Sales Program Engineer

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program Engineer

Work Location: Huntsville, AL 

Schedule: Full Time 40 hours per week; 8 hours per day in office (remote work is not authorized)

Relocation: Negotiable 

IronMountain Solutions is currently seeking a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program Engineer to support our customer at Redstone Arsenal, AL in the Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO). An ideal candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, with 14 to 16 years of general work experience. Candidates who apply should have strong oral and written communication skills, and have the ability to work effectively with others, and to manage multiple projects simultaneously. An active and transferrable DoD Secret level security clearance is required.

Education, and General Experience: 

• Bachelor of Engineering degree from an ABET accredited school and 16 years’ experience or a Master’s Degree and 14 years of experience is required.
• Knowledge of Black Hawk helicopters and their systems, subsystems and components.
• Technical Program Management experience supporting Military Aviation is preferred
• Must currently hold or be eligible to obtain a U.S. SECRET security clearance. Per federal requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this level of clearance.

Job Duties: 

• Serve on UHPO Program Team responsible for management and execution of a technical helicopter development, integration, qualification, production, modification, fielding, and sustainment program
• Assess and derive Customer-Country unique helicopter product verification requirements.
• Support program acquisition strategies, program cost and schedule estimates, and program risk assessments and mitigations
• Obtain, assess, apply, and ensure verification of product airworthiness requirements
• Develop and prepare CRPs to include SOW, CDRL, and DSL requirements
• Evaluate contractor proposals
• Ensure CDRLs are work-flowed, reviewed, answered, and tracked IAW standard work
• Ensure program follows systems engineering processes to include development of system, item, and airworthiness qualification specifications
• Support major program technical reviews to include SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, and SVR
• Ensure aircraft products are Army airworthiness certified IAW AR 70-62 and contract requirements are met
• Collaborate and coordinate with other Material Developer (e.g., UHPO, AMRDEC, AMCOM, and ACC) personnel
• Manage contractor and supplier contract performance
• Interface with, and brief, customer-chain (e.g., SAMD, USASAC, DASA-DE&C, DSCA, State Dept., Embassy, and Customer-Country) representatives
• Must be able and willing to travel up to 20%
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use tools or controls; normal physical activity (reach with hands and arms; climb stairs); and communicate effectively with all levels of employees and leadership. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 25 pounds. 

IronMountain Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer