Program Manager SME Level III

overview

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position summary

• program manager sme to support the air force life cycle management center (aflcmc) m- code aviation receiver (mar) joint program office (jpo) at warner robins, ga.
  this position is contingent upon contract award.
• the air force life cycle management center (aflcmc) m- code aviation receiver (mar) joint program office (jpo) manages systems to provide precise positioning, navigation, and timing information to a variety of department of defense (dod) weapon systems.
• these systems include but are not limited to the software defined user equipment (sdue), miniaturized airborne gps receiver (magr) 2000, embedded gps/inertial navigation system (egi), defense advanced gps receiver (dagr), gps antenna system 1 (gas-1), advanced digital antenna production system (adap), gps antennas, antenna electronics (ae), resilient embedded gps/ins (r-egi), military gps user equipment (mgue); air force vanguard transition programs, and alternative navigation capabilities.
• some systems are in initial development and many of these systems are undergoing significant modernization efforts to respond to new threats, improve supportability, improve long-term resiliency, and adopt open architecture standards, and digital engineering best practices. Modernization efforts are underway for both the magr-2k and the egi receiver systems in support of aircraft modernization efforts. Additionally, r-egi and sdue are in rapid development using innovative acquisition approaches.

key responsibilities

• serves as the single point of contact between the contractor and the government.
• provides overall program management, coordination with the cor and government staff, and issue escalation
• authorized to manage contractor and third-party activities to meet contract requirements
• ensures continuity of performance and notifies the government of personnel reassignments within 2 business days
• delivers required monthly status reports and annual program accomplishment reports; acts as site manager
• manages multiple concurrent projects across pre-award, modernization, production, and sustainment phases
• allocates and manages resources (personnel, cost, risk) and ensures high-quality deliverables
• identifies, mitigates, and manages program and technical risks
• provides production and sustainment support, including logistics, acquisition planning, and sustainment engineering to ensure fleet readiness
• supports acquisition planning by developing market research, esis and asp strategies, cost estimates, and integrated master schedules
• develops and manages technical contract documents (pws, cdrls, qasp, srd, etc.)
• evaluates oem engineering change proposals and technical submittals; documents findings in comment resolution matrices
• participates in oem program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and requirements reviews
• provides sustainment engineering support including failure analysis, deficiency reporting, obsolescence management, and product improvements
• supports service life extension, technology refresh, and system modernization while ensuring operational safety and effectiveness
• supports multi-gnss user equipment program execution, including design reviews, trade studies, configuration management, and risk reduction
• assists in evaluating modernization efforts to ensure no degradation of legacy capabilities
• supports development of follow-on oem contractual documents and technical evaluation of proposals in response to rfps

technical support

• test & evaluation
• develop, execute, and evaluate testing for system performance, interoperability, reliability, and cybersecurity
• create and review test plans, strategies, and procedures; support the integrated test team (itt)
• apply a building-block test approach from subassembly through system and platform levels
• support cyber tabletop activities and government laboratory cyber testing
• ensure combined developmental and operational testing at the platform level
• review and oversee contractor test execution; incorporate navwar multi-gnss legacy test lessons learned
• platform, weapons, and multi-gnss integration
• support integration of multi-gnss and navigation subsystems into dod fixed-wing and rotor aircraft
• ensure…