Air Vehicle Program Manager

Job Description

gTANGIBLE Corporation (gTC), is a C corporation and a registered Government contractor that provides services and solutions in:

National Security Programs

Professional, Administrative, and Management Support

Mission and Warfighter Support

We are a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and the founder has years of successful experience in the Government contracting arena. Our leadership team is an exceptional group of Government contracting professionals. gTANGIBLE is in the process of identifying candidates for the following position.

Requisition Type: Open

Position Title: Air Vehicle Program Manager

Provides program management support to the F-35 Joint Program Office Air Vehicle Program Management Office (AV PMO) in providing lifecycle cost, schedule, and performance of aircraft, avionics, sensors, weapons integration, and modifications in the F-35 Lightning II Enterprise. Supports AV PMO in delivering 5th Generation tactical aircraft to U.S. Services, Partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.

Location: Arlington, VA

Security Clearance Level: Secret

Duties and Responsibilities

The Air Vehicle (AV) Program Management Office (PMO) is responsible for the following Mission System duties:

F-35 Block 4 Modernization - assist AV PMO in providing airborne systems capable of operating effectively in highly contested battle spaces now and in the foreseeable future.

Specialized Engineering - assist AV PMO in ensuring that the AV meets the approved design requirements.

Development Foundation Contract (DFC) - assist AV PMO in providing manpower and material support to the Integrated Test Force (ITFs) (FTW, NAS Patuxent River, and Edwards AFB) as well as the FTW and Supplier labs to enable F-35 Development, Sustainment, and Production efforts.

Developmental Test Viability (DTV) - assist AV PMO in providing life limiting modification and Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) sustainment support for the Developmental Test fleet aircraft to enable Block 3 and Block 4 testing.

Weapons - assist AV PMO in providing lifecycle management of unique aircraft hardware that allow for carriage and employment of weapons; assist in coordinating across the F-35 enterprise and external weapons programs to ensure necessary designs are implemented across the Air System to permit the effective employment of weapons.

Knowledge and Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Science, Engineering, Business Management or related discipline and 6 years of experience in program management, technical or business analysis discipline, in weapon systems acquisition and life cycle management; and a minimum of 4 years out of 6 of recent work experience related to analysis and planning. At least 2 years in support of a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). May substitute an Associates Degree with 10 years of experience.

Leadership experience in US Service-related military operations or defense acquisition program management related to weapons system acquisition, employment and life cycle management.

Knowledge in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.2(Operation of the Defense Acquisition System),DoD Directive (DODD) 5530.03 (International Agreements), and the International Cooperation in Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (IC in AT&L) Handbook.

Provide subject matter expertise to support F-35program in delivering the weapons system.

Assist with task support of acquisitions, financial management, risk management, systems engineering, total ownership cost determination, acquisition coordination, and communications.

Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, policies, and practices of system acquisition to plan, organize, and coordinate critical aspects of the development, production, and deployment of systems, subsystems, and equipment.

Demonstrated knowledge of the system equipment life-cycle phases and the documentation, analyses, and reviews associated with those phases.

gTANGIBLE Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, physical or mental disability, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or political affiliation.