Acquisition Program Engineer (Air Armament Systems)

Location: On-site at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States

Company

hirify.global delivers AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and modernization solutions for federal agencies, including national security, health, and humanitarian missions.

What you will do

• Support the development, production, integration, deployment, and sustainment of counter-air, counter-air defense, aerial target, aircraft, missile, and weapon systems.
• Perform requirements analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, configuration management, and risk management across the systems acquisition life cycle.
• Develop systems engineering plans, technical reports, briefings, technical reviews, audits, assessments, milestone documentation, and acquisition artifacts.
• Analyze aircraft and store compatibility, system and subsystem interfaces, life-cycle costs, logistics supportability, human factors, reliability, maintainability, producibility, and schedule.
• Conduct trade-off, simulation, feasibility, proposal, make-or-buy, readiness, and alternative-analysis studies for armament-related systems.
• Support contractor evaluations, source selection activities, Foreign Military Sales case management, international armaments cooperation, system-level testing, flight clearance, and corrective actions.

Requirements

• At least a Secret security clearance is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline with five years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with three years of relevant experience.
• ABET-accredited engineering degree required for engineering support; engineering technology degrees do not qualify.
• Experience with host aircraft and store compatibility, aircraft integration, interface control documents and plans, and Interface Control Working Groups.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-3014, MIL-A-8591, and Universal Armament Interface protocols.
• Experience with aircraft avionics and electrical power systems, seekers, sensors, fire control, mission computers, GPS, INS, control actuators, RF interfaces, testing, airworthiness certification, and sustainment.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-focused work supporting defense, health, and humanitarian agencies.
• Innovation, collaboration, trust, empowerment, and professional growth are emphasized.
• Health care coverage including medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Retirement plan, life insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
• Family leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and training and development opportunities.