Platform Stores Integration Specialist

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Platform Stores Integration Specialist to join our team in Patuxent River, MD. This is an on-site position.

This is an opportunity to be part of a team that plays a crucial role in keeping our nation’s military safe and mission successful.
 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conceiving, planning, and organizing H-1 weapons and store integration activities, coordinating projects, resources, and finances as directed by the competency manager and program leadership

• Conducting engineering analyses, test and evaluation of weapon systems, subsystems, and components, ensuring total weapon system performance across the entire life cycle

• Managing and executing the airworthiness process for all store integration, coordinating data with subject matter experts and reviewing flight clearances for technical accuracy and safety of flight

• Reviewing and preparing critical project documentation, including project directives, TEMPs (Test and Evaluation Master Plans), and contract deliverables, to proactively identify and address integration problem areas

• Serving as the primary department representative at design reviews, program meetings, and conferences, establishing and maintaining essential communication with IPT team members, NAVAIRSYSCOM officials, and contractors

• Providing store integration support for key H-1 weapons systems, including the 20MM Gun Turret, APKWS, Hellfire, JAGM, AIM-9X, and Intrepid Tiger Pod

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Technical, or a Scientific discipline from an accredited college or university

• 12+ years of recent experience in aircraft tactical systems, demonstrating technical depth to interpret concepts, assess weapons/stores operational use, and analyze system-of-systems interaction and its impact on operational capability

• Experience with USMC Rotary aircraft and Weapons

• Experience associated with how weapon systems are managed and utilized in the field

• Must be an O-4 or higher and be a graduate of a Navy Weapons School, Test Pilot School (TPS), or Marine Aviation Weapons Training Squadron-1 (MAWTS-1)

• Must be a Weapons Tactics Instructor (WTI) with experience in at least one of the following areas: USMC Naval Aviator with at least 1,000 flight hours, Tactics Officer (TACCO), Weapons Systems Officer (WSO), Head of a Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), Weapons School Instructor, or, a former Department Head or Officer in Charge (OIC) with Level IV WTI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Operational experience

• H-1 platform experience

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have an active Secret security clearance

Physical Requirements:

• Tasking is primarily computer based. 

• The person in this position must be able to operate and perform tasking on a PC as well as operate other typical office equipment (e.g. copying machine, shredder, projection systems, etc.).

• Must be able to effectively communicate with co-workers, Customers, and management through email, phone, and other virtual communication methods (e.g. TEAMS, ZOOM).