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The Air Force Program Executive Officer for Weapons (AFPEO/WP) oversees the acquisition and sustainment of a wide range of Air Force munitions, missiles, and related systems. To support the Armament Directorate’s ongoing mission, the Air Force seeks contracted Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) to supplement its military and civil service workforce.

Job Responsibility:

  • Performance will primarily focus on concept through fielding of the system with some support to operation, maintenance, and sustainment
  • Support to the missions of international armaments cooperation and FMS
  • Apply knowledge and experience in the design, development, production, operation, and sustainment of air armament systems
  • Execute tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle from requirements analysis through disposal of a system
  • Provide experienced engineering and technical resources with armament domain experience
  • Ensure all engineering support requiring a bachelor’s degree or greater have an ABET accredited college of engineering degree
  • Support armament and conventional munitions systems
  • Conduct and support all engineering and technical activities required during the material solution analysis, technology, engineering, and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operation and support phases
  • Implement robust processes to address the life-cycle requirements of each product support area
  • Produce architectures which assess the users’ needs
  • Provide developmental planning support
  • Compare the ability of existing and/or derivative existing systems to meet mission needs/requirements
  • Advise and assist with detailing the operational requirements and the functional interactions within the system
  • Plan the integration of existing engineering technology into systems
  • Support AoAs for aircraft, cruise missile and weapon systems
  • Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements
  • Perform reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, and analyses and provide technical recommendations
  • Review and analyze proposals or modifications for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness
  • Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment and simulator requirements
  • Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk, and scheduling trade-off studies
  • Conduct simulation studies to evaluate all aspects of armament system development and acquisition
  • Conduct, make or buy analyses for systems, subsystems and components
  • Conduct and evaluate time and engineering cost estimates
  • Perform engineering tasks concerned with definition of advanced aircraft, cruise missile, weapon systems, munitions systems, and range systems requirements and performance
  • Apply skills and knowledge of drafting and Government drafting specifications and regulations
  • Advise and assist with weapon system contractor-related source selection tasks
  • Develop, prepare, review, and integrate selected milestone review documentation, periodic reports, and certifications
  • Develop munition or subsystem proposal technical trade studies and other documentation
  • Provide independent analysis of system readiness for production and risk management
  • Perform work that applies to theoretical and practical knowledge of weapon systems engineering in the DoD acquisition process
  • Conduct reviews on armament programs portfolio
  • Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations
  • Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering weapon systems
  • Provide system/program engineering, technical support and technical training
  • Provide engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities
  • Provide engineering support to conduct formal trade studies
  • Provide technical recommendation support services
  • Provide proposal analysis support services
  • Provide concepts and requirements analyses support services
  • Review and analyze system concepts and user requirements

Requirements:

  • US Citizenship
  • Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline plus 5 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience
  • Active Secret Security Clearance

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Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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