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Amentum is seeking a Senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) to serve as a technical advisor to the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics within the OUSW(R&E). This SME role requires working on-site at the client location (Arlington, VA). Some travel (~25%), local as well as domestic, will be required.
Job Responsibility
Provide timely and accurate technical counsel to the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics, covering the breadth of technical disciplines and programs concerned with the development and demonstration of technologies and hypersonic flight systems
Identify and monitor hypersonic research, development, test and evaluation activities across the hypersonic enterprise including DoW, NASA, Department of Energy (DoE), Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), academia, and industry
Identify and monitor hypersonic system development, demonstration and acquisition programs across the enterprise
Provide regular technical updates and assessments to the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics on technology development activities and system development programs to maintain PDH awareness of progress, problems, investment needs and opportunities
Recommend possible client actions to address problems and investment needs
Provide hypersonic technology and system development technical counsel and guidance to R&E leadership, intelligence agencies, uniformed services, combatant commands and team members
Support the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics in meetings with senior DoW, USW(R&E), service, and COCOM leadership to provide technical counsel and perspectives on US hypersonic technology and system development
Support the intelligence community's efforts to assess foreign hypersonic technology and system development activities
Collaborate with team members to address taskings issued to the Scaled Hypersonics office, providing technical assessments and expertise to support those taskings
Support the planning and execution of national hypersonic technical meetings
Accept and execute taskings as directed by the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics and the Office Operations Manager
Support the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics in the development and assessment of new initiatives and investments to advance hypersonic technology and system development in accordance with the primary goals and priorities as outlined in the Hypersonic Strategic Approach
Support the Senior Official for Scaled Hypersonics in developing, reviewing, and executing enterprise-level technology and system development roadmaps to achieve the goals of the Strategic Approach
Support the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) planning and annual Program Review process with technical assessments, evaluations and recommendations for program content and funding changes for hypersonic efforts
Formulate and direct concepts for new studies and programs for technology development, demonstration, and to examine the warfighting benefits of hypersonic systems
Evaluate hypersonic technology and system development initiatives across the enterprise to provide assessments of technical, programmatic, and fiscal fidelity and value
Requirements
Master of Science degree in a scientific or technological discipline relevant to hypersonics
At least 20 years’ relevant experience
Must have an active US Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance. Please note US citizenship is required to maintain a security clearance
Demonstrated experience with applied technology (not basic research) and a background working on complex systems
Demonstrated experience with hypersonics vehicles, systems, and programs
Demonstrated professionalism, maturity, sound judgement, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary for daily interactions with senior-level government officials, other technical support personnel, and executive-level stakeholder audiences in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Ability to work independently or in a team setting as circumstances dictate
Nice to have
PhD in a scientific or technological discipline relevant to hypersonics
Prior experience supporting the military services, DARPA, or OUSW(R&E) on complex programs, systems, and demonstrations