Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Senior Systems Engineer

Synectic Solutions is currently recruiting for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Systems Engineer to support the Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems Program Office (PMA-272) at NAS Patuxent River in Lexington Park, MD. PMA-272 manages the development, acquisition and sustainment of operational advances in aircraft survivability equipment.

Salary Range: $130k - $140k

• Performs programmatic or technical knowledge identifying, formulating, designing, and/or testing practical solutions to engineering problems; guiding the engineering development of modern complex systems; and employing systems engineering methods and tools in the development of advanced complex systems.
• Principal areas of responsibility include requirements management, coordination of internal and external action items, and communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Establishes and maintains communication with project team leaders, NAVAIRSYSCOM officials, competency management and IPT team members to ensure Systems Engineering practices and processes are followed appropriately.
• Lead Risk Management process within the international team.
• Respond to engineering taskers as directed by the Program Office leadership.
• Prepares project correspondence such as technical reports, letters, and memorandums.
• Serves as PMA-251’s Systems Engineering representative and provides technical inputs and prepares appropriate correspondence and reports such as trip reports, meeting action items, etc.

• U.S. Citizen with an active Secret Clearance.
• Must have a Technical or Scientific MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university
  • ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION:
    Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience
• Must have at least ten (10) years of recent and relevant experience in an engineering position, three (3) of which must be directly related to DoD systems.
• Prior involvement and experience with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs required
• Understanding of program management, acquisition processes, and international defense cooperation strongly desired.
• Demonstrated experience in the area of engineering expertise is required.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders across U.S. Navy, partners, and industry to ensure program milestones and deliverables are met.

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