Uncrewed Aerial Systems; UAS Test Administration & Event SME

Position: Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Administration & Event SME
Corner Alliance is a dynamic, growing consulting firm that devotes itself to providing an enriching employee experience while working in meaningful ways to create results for the government. We are currently seeking a UAS SME / Test Administration and Event Support Specialist with 6-10 years of experience to join our team and fully embrace our commitment to deliver, grow and thrive.

This role will support a 12-month public safety communications research effort focused on advancing unmanned aircraft systems communications test methodology for public safety applications. The effort includes two major phases: a stakeholder workshop and a live flight-testing event. Support will include project planning, stakeholder coordination, venue and logistics support, communications, execution support, data collection, reporting, and debriefs.

* This role is contingent upon award
* About the Role:

As a UAS SME / Test Administration and Event Support Specialist, you will help plan, coordinate, administer, and document stakeholder engagement and live UAS flight-testing activities. You will bring expertise in UAS operations, public safety communications, test administration, event logistics, stakeholder coordination, data collection, and technical documentation.

The client will define, develop, and approve all UAS test methodologies, measurement frameworks, metrics, and evaluation criteria. Corner Alliance will not create, modify, or approve test methods. In this role, you will help facilitate stakeholder engagement, support event planning and logistics, administer client-defined test plans, collect data according to established procedures, and document results in alignment with client direction.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Provide subject matter expertise on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), public safety communications, live flight-testing environments, and operational technology demonstrations.

* Lead project initiation activities, including confirmation of project objectives, event sequencing, planning assumptions, stakeholder engagement priorities, communication protocols, and decision-making processes.

* Plan and coordinate a stakeholder workshop focused on public safety UAS communications needs, operational missions, and research gap areas, including identification and outreach to participants from public safety, industry, academic, research, and partner organizations.

* Facilitate workshop design and execution, including day-of event coordination, participant support, logistics management, and knowledge capture of stakeholder observations.

* Document workshop findings, including operational missions, communications needs, research gap areas, stakeholder themes, and potential subject matter expert (SME) participation for later testing activities.

* Coordinate live test event design and readiness planning, including facilities, test range or controlled-airspace access, stakeholders, operational resources, support personnel, UAS availability, and data collection readiness.

* Coordinate FAA compliance considerations for live flight activities in alignment with client direction and operating partner authorities.

* Coordinate controlled live-flight activities, readiness reviews, technical rehearsals, and iterative feedback sessions, ensuring UAS assets, facilities, support resources, and operational materials are available through direct provision or coordination with industry, research institutions, small businesses, or other partners.

* Administer live test event activities and execute representative public safety UAS test scenarios - including single-link and multi-UAS communications, RF (radio frequency) signaling metrics, routing protocols, and radio communications links - in accordance with client-defined test plans, procedures, metrics, and evaluation criteria.

* Collect and document data in accordance with established procedures, including qualitative inputs (observations, stakeholder feedback, operational notes) and quantitative communications performance metrics (end-to-end throughput, latency, packet loss, and performance across single-link or ad hoc network scenarios), as directed by the client.

* Facilitate event debriefs, iterative feedback reviews, lessons learned discussions, and closeout meetings.

* Develop final reports for the stakeholder workshop and live flight-testing event that document event execution, stakeholder participation, data collection activities, observations, and relevant outcomes.

* Maintain clear separation between Corner Alliance's execution support role and the client's sole authority over test methodology, measurement frameworks, metrics, and evaluation criteria.

* Carry out our Commitments to Deliver, Grow, and Thrive.

Location:

You will work as part of a dynamic team remotely in Boulder, CO. You will work at the client site dependent on contract requirements.

Required Experience/

Skills:

* Bachelor's degree or higher in aviation systems, engineering, robotics,…