Senior Advisor - NAVFAC EXWC

DCS is looking a Senior Advisor will serve as a strategic, technical, and operational expert supporting NAVFAC EXWC’s multidisciplinary RDT&E, prototyping, engineering, cyber, and unmanned systems missions.

This role offers the opportunity to directly influence mission‑critical decisions by providing senior‑level guidance to program teams, technical leads, and government stakeholders. You’ll ensure engineering approaches, technology development, cybersecurity integration, and operational planning remain technically sound, mission aligned, and compliant with DoD standards. Although not a direct project management role, the Senior Advisor plays a pivotal part in shaping program execution—evaluating concepts, advising on engineering methods, guiding capability development, and offering informed recommendations across the full spectrum of activities outlined in the PWS.

Candidates with deep NAVFAC EXWC or Naval RDT&E experience will thrive in this high‑visibility, high‑impact position supporting strategic decision making.

Essential Job Functions:

In this senior advisory capacity, you will provide expert insight across engineering, prototyping, cyber, ISR, modeling & simulation, and unmanned systems efforts spanning airborne, surface, subsurface, and littoral domains. You will work closely with government decision makers and multidisciplinary teams, reviewing analysis, prototypes, technical documentation, and test results to ensure alignment with mission priorities. Your expertise helps guide system architecture decisions, technology insertion planning, operational integration, and training development for next‑generation capabilities.

Strategic & Technical Advisory Provide senior‑level expertise across RDT&E efforts involving ES&C, C5

ISR, ISR payloads, unmanned systems, cybersecurity, modeling & simulation, prototyping, and marine testing. Advise government leads on emerging technologies, capability gaps, and technical risk areas. Review engineering deliverables—including analyses, prototypes, TDPs, AoAs, STI reports, training packages, and integration plans—for accuracy and alignment with PWS requirements. Counsel program teams on DoD acquisition processes, standards, and compliance with NAVFAC EXWC mission needs. Program, Technical & Mission Guidance Offer expert recommendations throughout concept design, prototype development, integration, and operational testing across multiple domains.

Advise on system architecture design, interoperability challenges, cyber resiliency, and network or information‑transport performance. Help interpret modeling, simulation, test data, marine surveys, and UxV operational results to support informed decision making. Guide program teams on training standards, development of training packages, and TTPs for systems transitioning into operational use. Oversight, Evaluation & Assurance Evaluate engineering approaches for feasibility, cost, schedule impact, technical risk, and mission alignment.

Provide advisory oversight related to CMMC Level 2 requirements, clearances, classified facility needs, export controls, and handling of GFI/GFP. Review transition‑in/transition‑out plans and advise on continuity, risk mitigation, and knowledge transfer. Stakeholder Engagement Serve as a senior technical representative in discussions with DoD partners, Intelligence Community organizations, laboratories, and international R&D collaborators. Deliver independent assessments during briefings, project reviews, and strategic planning sessions.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required. Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI highly preferred due to classified work and facility requirements in Ventura County. 12…