F-35 Fleet Manager
GMREDescription: JOB SUMMARY Position will provide SME expert advice and assistance to 40 FLTS Test Engineers applicable in all phases of test activities to satisfy customer requirements for test programs. The position will provide expert recommendations to management, TEs, aircrew and other teammates in the assessment of system performance requirements, development of test objectives, test plans, test run cards/scripts, data collection/reduction/analysis (to include, alternative approaches), and make expert recommendations on test conclusions for final test report development. Prior F-35 Pilot highly desired. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Expert advice and assistance in technical, engineering and integration support and test planning activities to include meeting with 40 FLTS customers, expertly reviewing prior test activities, timely and expertly developing/writing/reviewing the MOT and TDs, identifying/coordinating test support equipment and instrumentation, facilitating technical and safety reviews, and obtaining final test approval. Expert assistance and detailed understanding of local test organizations through recent test experience in both ground and flight test processes and procedures, safety and environmental planning and execution for ground and flight test operations. Expert assistance with developmental testing of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons systems within a special program arena. Expert assistance with unique and one-of-a-kind test platforms with access to airspace, ranges and other test facilities in order to effectively conduct ground and flight test operations. Expert assistance at both on-site and off-site programmatic and technical interchange meetings identifying insightful and thought-provoking actions items that contribute to test plan development, test execution, test reporting, and follow-on briefings. Provide expert in-depth and recent knowledge of, and familiarity with, fighter aircraft systems, UAS, flight operations, security guidance, data processing software capabilities, and USAF policies to provide expert advice to 40 FLTS government personnel. As needed, provide specific recommendations on highly technical subjects to enable informed decisions by the test team members, 40 FLTS leadership, requesting customer organizations and higher headquarters offices. As required, assist with subject-matter-expert-level technical briefings to internal and external audiences to provide information on highly detailed subjects in a multi-level security environment. Schedule test activities using designated software, processes, and timelines. Expert execution of test activities to include: expert-level assistance in highly complex test efforts, analytical guidance during test design pertaining to the specification of satisfactory/unsatisfactory system performance, formulating mission run cards, briefing test team members and supporting participants leading actual test mission as a Test Conductor/Instructor, deconflicting range resources, coordinating with JTTOCC and SOF, expertly conducting post-mission debrief, submitting required post-mission reports, and expertly applying DOE and other statistical tools to substantiate test results and recommendations in test reports. Verify test equipment hardware and software configurations match and support the mission data and security requirements for each sortie, deconflicting aircraft and stores. Conduct mission planning activities for test and training missions using designated Mission Planning software and prepare associated hardware to support timely mission execution. Conduct post-mission data reduction and data analysis: Compare data to truth sources and/or predictions, document DRs, investigate abnormalities/discrepancies, formulate findings and conclusions for further review/concurrence, develop data packages/letter reports/technical reports as appropriate. Participate in working groups, technical reviews, and other group reviews and make recommendations in t…