AEVEX Aerospace

Payload Specialist

AEVEX Aerospace • $80K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Understanding of government contract structure
  • Technical background with airborne ISR collection platforms
  • Ability to travel locally and domestically
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
  • 3-5 years of related experience

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical expertise for system requirements and documentation
  • Manage contract details, including funding and value modifications
  • Prioritize missions and manage workload independently
  • Monitor task execution and assist in project documentation
  • Assemble acquisition documents for purchase requests
  • Assist in project planning, monitoring schedules and tasks
  • Support travel for programmatic reviews and testing

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Support for obtaining security clearance
  • Flexibility for remote work options as applicable
Full Job Description
Essential Functions:
  • Provide technical expertise to aid in the generation of system requirements and associated support documentation.
  • Manage contract details for the office, including funding and value mods.
  • Independently prioritize mission needs and workload. Understand where authority lies in given scenarios when working with various government and industry stakeholders.
  • Monitor task execution and completion. Provide input and assistance in preparing project briefs, compose project reports and documents, and other project related materials. Schedule and assist with organizing logistical support and hosting project related meetings, reviews, and video or teleconferences.
  • Assemble acquisition documents for purchase request packages.
  • Assist in portfolio, program, project planning and control. This includes technical performance, schedules, and government assigned action items: preparing project plans and milestones, status reports, and monitoring the execution of tasks.
  • Assist sponsor with determining technical and financial risk on operations and maintenance (O&M) requirements, and assist with collaboration on O&M support with industry partners.
  • Support travel to CONUS-based contractor and test facilities for programmatic reviews, technical exchanges, and system testing.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Standard Essential Functions:
  • Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].
  • Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.
  • Embodies AEVEX's cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.


Qualifications:
  • Strong organizational and communication skills.
  • Fundamental understanding of government contract structure.
  • Engineering or other technical background and experience with complex, technical, airborne ISR collection platforms (system comprised of multiple systems and subsystems).
  • Ability to travel locally, CONUS, and OCONUS.

Education / Certifications:
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Electrical, software, electrical, and/or aeronautical engineering background would be beneficial but not required.

Experience:
  • 3-5 years of experience preferred

Physical Requirements:
  • Occasionally required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment
  • Ability to occasionally deploy to austere environments.

Security Clearance:
  • Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI DoD clearance with polygraph, U.S. Citizenship required.


Recruitment Communication Notice: All official correspondence regarding your application, application status, interviews, or the AEVEX hiring process will come directly from an AEVEX representative using an email address or through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system. Please use caution with communications claiming to represent AEVEX from other email domains, and always verify the sender before responding or providing personal information.

About AEVEX Aerospace

AEVEX Aerospace is a provider of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions. The company offers a range of services, including full-spectrum ISR operations, training and mentoring, and technology solutions. AEVEX Aerospace serves a variety of customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense, intelligence agencies, and other government organizations. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Simi Valley, California.
Learn more about AEVEX Aerospace
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2018
Revenue
$100 million

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