Senior Technical Advisor - Aviation Platforms​/Engineering Systems

Senior Technical Advisor – Aviation Platforms / Engineering Systems

K ’s Aviation & Ground Systems Directorate provides Systems Engineering & Integration support to the Army’s Aviation and Ground soldiers with project‑based and full‑time personnel support services. K  sets the standard with a wide range of services including Government Engineering, Logistics, Business, and International focuses, while ensuring customer satisfaction and providing excellence in contract deliverables.

Job Summary:

K  is searching for a Senior Technical Advisor to develop and implement integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions. The candidate will provide technical leadership for cross‑functional teams responsible for executing the customer‑defined tasks. The role ensures that distinct systems, platforms, and technologies work together seamlessly to enable real‑time data dissemination, robust decision support, and enhanced operational effectiveness across all domains.

• Serve as the chief technical authority and responsible for strategic planning, development, execution, and management of comprehensive, data‑driven and actionable technology enhancement solutions involving engineering advancements, enterprise architecture, secure intelligence, operational environment solutions, data interoperability, or multi‑vendor ecosystems.
• Lead cross‑functional technical teams, delivering integrated and advanced solutions on time and within scope, ensuring continuity of technical vision and retaining institutional knowledge throughout the project lifecycle.
• Leverage government‑provided secure infrastructure, networks, systems, and software to oversee technology development, system architecture, platform integration, and data & threat analysis efforts/solutions.
• Establish a standard methodology that is scalable and flexible to build rapid prototypes as well as accommodate various solutions that are functional and feasible to meet the customer’s mission and objectives.
• Oversee prototype demonstrations in operationally relevant environments, conduct technical and operational assessments against defined performance criteria, and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet real‑world requirements.
• Engage with a Change Review Panel (CRP) to mitigate and approve changes to projects’ baseline, including scope, schedule, cost, and compliance requirements.
• Assist with stakeholder coordination and briefing project information as well as assist the customer in solutioning based on specified customer requests.
• Work in conjunction with the Program Management team to develop detailed project technical responses and cost estimates.
• Provide supervision and mentorship to multi‑discipline engineers, technical leads, and technicians.
• Understand contractual requirements to ensure successful contract performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• 10-15 years’ direct experience with engineering/integration activities supporting the Government, preferably with the Army, including aviation and product development projects for DoD aviation (hardware and software).
• Exposure to model‑based systems engineering techniques and human‑systems integration principles.
• Direct experience with agile development lifecycle.
• Direct and relevant experience with ISR architecture infrastructure including space, aerial and ground.
• Demonstrated performance of integration of new and emerging technologies with medium Technology Readiness Levels into an operational environment.
• Recent and relevant experience with AI/ML capabilities for sensor fusion, data compression and implementation of actionable intelligence.
• Relevant experience with aviation avionics system architecture development for on‑platform integration and qualification.
• Direct and relevant experience with ISR‑related sensors (e.g., RF/EW, SAR, EO/IR, SIGINT).
• Understanding of communications and networking for DoD networks.
• Place of performance is in Huntsville, AL or Washington D.C. area.
• Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance is required; CONUS and potentially OCONUS travel will be required.

• Knowledge of the Army’s…