Instrumentation Systems Manager - TRADEX - Kwajalein Atoll

Full Time Not Applicable Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, US 1 Attachments

RGNext employees execute and report on theater and strategic offensive and defensive ballistic missile testing and support space situational awareness operations and experiments, using a wide array of highly sophisticated radar, telemetry and optical sensors to meet the needs of our nation in defending the United States and its interests.

This overseas, accompanied position is located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands
. Benefits of this unique location include free housing, and potential for overseas U.S. tax incentives.

What You Will Do:

• Oversee the readiness, maintenance, configuration, deployment, and mission execution of radar equipment and associated systems. Ensure that personnel, facilities, hardware, software, data links, and operational procedures are prepared to collect accurate, timely, and reliable test data in accordance with customer requirements, safety standards, security requirements, and applicable range procedures.
• Provide strong leadership, technical judgment, mission focus, and the ability to coordinate activities across engineering, test operations, government customers, contractors, and other mission stakeholders.
• Lead, supervise, and develop a team of approximately twenty employees responsible for operations and maintenance of the TRADEX radar.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead radar support for test events, including missile, flight, launch, range, and other developmental or operational test activities.
• Coordinate with test directors, range personnel, government representatives, flight-test organizations, instrumentation engineers, communications teams, and other mission partners.
• Ensure mission activities are conducted in accordance with approved plans, procedures, technical orders, range requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Maintain operational readiness of radar transmitters, receivers, antennas, radar systems, digital equipment, communications systems, recording systems, timing systems, power systems, and associated support equipment.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work is performed in compliance with applicable occupational, electrical, RF, range, environmental, and operational safety requirements.
• Maintain customer relationships and provide presentations to the customer. Interface with Government oversite personnel and MIT technical advisors.
• Support Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) estimates for new sustainment projects and support proposal efforts on new development projects funded as Improvement and Modernization (I&M) projects.
• Maintain budget for the radar, both labor and non-labor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or STEM related technical field.
• Ten (10) or more years of relevant experience supporting radar or other instrumentation such as RF communications, flight test, missile test, range operations, or related defense systems.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex test or mission operations.
• Experience with the operation, maintenance, integration, or troubleshooting of radar systems or instrumentation systems.
• Experience coordinating activities among technical teams, customers, government representatives, and mission stakeholders.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation, system diagrams, test plans, maintenance procedures, and operational requirements.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and program solving skills.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and briefing skills.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks; self- starter
• Ability to work within a dynamic, fast paced environment with time constraints.
• Strong organizational, planning and time management skills to…