Senior Project Officer
About this role
Salary Statement
Estimated Starting Salary Range: USD $136,850.00/Yr. - USD $228,100.00/Yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Description
• Providing contractor support to the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics (MACH) Program Manager • Serving as the primary strategic liaison and operational interface between the TRMC MACH program office and leading defense research and innovation organizations (e.g., DARPA, SCO, and DIU) • Capturing projected flight test needs, deconstructing and translating complex research objectives into formal test architectures, integrating requirements into comprehensive multi-service test plans, and leading seamless operational handoffs to the flight test execution team • Project Officer serves as an outward-facing communicator for TRMC MACH, actively briefing stakeholders on portfolio horizons, forecasting schedules, and test resource allocations
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Requirements
• 10+ years of progressive professional experience in aerospace, defense systems, R&E project management, or developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) • Foundational understanding of flight test methodologies, range instrumentation, and hypersonic system capabilities • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to initiate, facilitate and maintain sensitive relationships from management to senior executive level • Ability to manage multiple projects ranging in scale, scope, and technical domains (e.g., flight test, ground test) • Strong stakeholder engagement and strategic decision-making abilities • Ability to deliver polished briefings, lead technical interchange meetings (TIMs), and synthesize interagency stakeholder positions • Ability to hand over test planning activities to test execution teams • Onsite/hybrid work location in National Capital Region (NCR) / Field Support with up to 50% travel to test ranges, partner labs, and contractor facilities • Active Top Secret / SCI (Eligibility / Read-in for Special Access Programs [SAP] required)
Desired Skills
• Experience in External Organization Facilitation • Strategic Communication & Outward Engagement • Strategic Planning • Experience in identifying Flight Test Requirements and Test planning • Ability to work with test planning and test execution teams
Clearance Information
SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TOP SECRET / SCI LEVEL