Air and Missile Defense (AMD) TIS SW Development Team Product Owner (PO)

Huntsville, AL

Full Time

Position Description:

The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Track Identification Services (TIS) Software Development Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office. The PO will be responsible for the prioritization and validation of software development for the TIS team. The TIS team is responsible for the identification and classification of tracks in the Command and Control (C2) software. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs, and algorithms, and providing guidance to the development team. The Product Owner will work with Program Management in setting priorities for capabilities and defects for each Product Increment and Sprint. The position will include technical briefings and advising leadership on status, recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission.

Basic Qualifications:

The candidate must have a good understanding of Classification, Identification, and Discrimination (CID) used in C2 systems, including IFF, ADS-B, Air Tasking Orders, and NCTR. The candidate must have the ability to oversee the development team and verify their work based on agreed-upon acceptance criteria, including attending code reviews. The candidate must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.

The candidate must:

·         Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset.

·         Be a US citizen.

·         Have a Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics.

·         Have a minimum of 7 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above.

Other Qualifications:

An additional plus is knowledge of IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS, and familiarity with current CID measures in one or more of the DoD services, are additional pluses. Prior Product Owner experience on a Scrum team is also a plus.

Security Requirements:

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.

Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Modeling, Simulation and Training Team Product Owner (PO)

Huntsville, AL 

Full Time 

Position Description: 

The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Modeling, Simulation and Training (MST) Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office. The MST PO will be responsible for reviewing/understanding Systems Engineering concepts/designs/algorithms, working with Program Management to set priorities for new capabilities and defects, and providing guidance to the MST team for each Program Increment (PI) and Sprint. The MST PO will support the team in the development of acceptance criteria for MST tasks and stories, as well as be responsible for the verification of work performed by the MST team. The position will include technical briefings, demonstrations, and advisement to leadership. The PO will report on status, recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission.

Basic Qualifications: 

The candidate must have a good understanding of modeling and simulations for sensors and weapon systems, and general knowledge of scenario changes (defense planning, threats) needed to test new command and control capability. The candidate will also be expected to create and maintain a prioritized product backlog of user stories and tasks, and be able to work directly with the Agile software developers to meet deadlines and program objectives.

The candidate must: 

·         Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset.

·         Be a US citizen.

·         Have a Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics.

·         Have a minimum of 7 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above.

Other Qualifications: 

Previous experience with, or knowledge of, IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS is preferred. The ability to “move out” and champion your ideas, architectures, and designs; enthusiasm; independent critical thinking; and a team attitude are very important. Experience in JIRA/Confluence is a plus. An Agilist Certification is also a plus.

Security Requirements: 

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.

Solution-Level Systems Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Full Time

Position Description:

This is a System Engineer position supporting the IFMC AMD Mission Command Product Office, a government program office addressing Army Air and Missile Defense systems, with focus on Mission Command systems. The candidate in this role will work with contractors, government civilians and system operators to develop system level concepts that provide solutions to problems that often involve multiple systems from multiple product offices. These concepts define external interfaces, outline system behavior, performance, and acceptance criteria necessary to support HW and SW engineering teams. Tasks may also include leading reviews and adjudicating comments made against the concepts. Concept development will utilize a model-based system engineering (MBSE) approach in an Agile workflow and environment.

Basic Qualifications:

• The candidate must be a US Citizen and a resident of the Huntsville, AL area or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area.

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field is required.

• Candidate should have 7 or more years of system engineering experience.

• The candidate must have experience in one or more of the following areas: tactical command and control systems, tactical weapons systems, tactical sensor systems, software, hardware, requirement decomposition, or MBSE tools and languages.

• Candidate needs to have a record of taking initiative and being a team player in a small team environment.

• The candidate must be comfortable working as a team member in an Agile environment and be willing to engage various levels of stakeholders to ensure proposed solutions can meet the needs of the intended users.

• The system engineer must be highly organized with a strong technical background in system engineering principles.

Other Qualifications:

System engineering experience in support of DoD programs is highly desired, especially in an Army Air and Missile Defense program. Hands on experience creating models in Cameo or MagicDraw using SysML and UAF are desired. Experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence and SAFe© Agile experience are a plus.

Security Requirements:

Candidate must possess (as well as maintain) a US Secret security clearance.

Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Agile Team Product Owner (PO)

Huntsville, AL 

Full Time 

Position Description: 

The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Automated Test and Tools (ATT) Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office.  The ATT PO will be responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the development of automated test cases and analysis tools, working with Program Management to set priorities for new automated test capabilities and analysis tools, and providing guidance to the ATT team for each Program Increment (PI) and Sprint.  The ATT PO will support the team in the development of acceptance criteria for ATT tasks and stories, as well as be responsible for the verification of work performed by the ATT team and capture/documentation of test results/defects in Jira and/or Confluence.  The position will include technical briefings, demonstrations, and advisement to leadership.  The PO will report on status; recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission. 

Basic Qualifications: 

The candidate must have a good understanding of software testing methodologies (functional, regression, performance, etc.) and testing concepts necessary to establish a clear vision for the automated testing tool suite that aligns with overall product strategy and business objectives. The candidate will be expected to collaborate with stakeholders to gather functional and non-functional requirements for automated testing tools, develop/define a product roadmap and prioritize features based on user needs and business impact. The candidate will also be expected to create and maintain a prioritized product backlog of user stories and test cases for automated testing tools, and work directly with the ATT team to meet deadlines and program objectives. The candidate should be proficient in programming languages commonly used for test automation (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript) and have experience with automated testing frameworks such as Squish, Cucumber and JUnit.

The candidate must: 

·         Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset

·         Be a US citizen

·         Have a Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences or mathematics

·         Have a minimum of 7 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above

Other Qualifications: 

Previous experience with knowledge of IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS preferred. The ability to “move out” and champion your ideas, architectures, designs, enthusiasm, independent critical thinking, and a team attitude are very important. Experience in JIRA/Confluence is a plus. Possessing an Agilist Certification is an additional plus.

Security Requirements: 

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.