M&S Event Mission Manager; Mid-Level

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The M&S Event Mission Manager will support the mission of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Engineering Directorate Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Office to test the Missile Defense System (MDS) in a distributed Hardware-In-the-Loop (HWIL) simulation environment, including MDS Ground Test (GT) events and MDS Flight Test support (pre-mission risk reduction, mission execution team training, and post-flight reconstruction), as well as M&S development and test support to other Department of Defense (DoD) Partners.

As a M&S Event Mission Manager your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:

• Provide strategic planning support for MDS Test Events, Framework M&S and element M&S risk reduction activities.
• Act as a liaison between the M&S software developers, product integration team, analysis team, test team, infrastructure team, MDA Elements and MDS participants and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate with the M&S functional areas to consolidate capabilities to meet MDA and MDS Stakeholders’ requirements.
• Maintain management awareness of planning activities and issues related to development and testing.
• Participate in and present findings at working group meetings, peer reviews, and other technical interchange meetings.
• Provide project management support for assigned events and activities (projects), to include developing and delivering reporting for leadership review to support decision making on cost, schedule, performance and risk.
• Participate in MDA planning and coordination meetings.
• Review test plans and test event schedules to evaluate ability to support across activities, with consideration for allocation of resources required within time frames.
• Coordinate test resources (facilities, personnel, etc.) with simulation software developers for new capabilities and implementation strategies.
• Coordinate capture of development schedules, development integration points and test plans.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, cross-functional teams and stakeholders to identify M&S engineering criteria to be demonstrated during risk reduction activities.
• Effectively communicate M&S event/activity status updates to stakeholders.
• Plan and coordinate continuous developmental activities for M&D and MDS participants, as assigned.
• Consolidate and track M&S issues through resolution.
• Provide Risk Management recommendations to leadership.
• Identify and communicate event and/or activity risks, develop mitigation strategies, monitor and report on the impact.

U.S. Citizenship Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of relevant experience. Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Experience working within MDA Ground Test environments. Experience with MDA and Other Government Agencies (OGA) demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of overall MDS infrastructure and participants capabilities. Experience leading integrated system test events. Familiarity with…