Senior Aerospace Engineer

**This position is contingent on contract award**

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First Division Consulting is seeking a Senior Aerospace Engineer to support a Department of the Navy (DoN) customer at Patuxent River, MD. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Webster Outlying Field (WOLF) Airborne Systems Integration (ASI) Division announces its intention to procure, on a competitive basis, the services necessary to provide support for Sensor Engineering and Development (SED) to include research, planning, design, development, integration, and demonstration of sensor technologies and capabilities for a variety of manned and unmanned airborne platforms to include any shipborne, fixed, and/or mobile systems necessary to provide the full sensor capability with the ASI Division in support of Department of Navy (DON), Department of Defense (DoD), and other Government agency projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert leadership and management for high-visibility, mission-critical DoD projects and programs, overseeing the design, prototyping, and testing of manned and unmanned airborne, shipborne, fixed, and mobile system platforms, including sensors.

• Supervise the evaluation and integration of sensors, materials, and equipment into aircraft designs, ensuring interoperability, reliability, and performance.
• Lead teams to optimize technical processes, enhance testing equipment, drive innovation, and provide training on system operations and testing procedures, ensuring the successful execution of complex airborne projects aligned with defense objectives.

Requirements

Experience: 10 years of experience required, at least 5 of those years must be specific to sensor technologies and systems within the DoD.

Education/Certification: Master’s degree in an Engineering discipline.

Security Clearance Level: Active Top Secret Clearance required.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, STD, LTD, holidays, PTO and 401(k) plan with company match.

First Division Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities. All fully qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and/or local laws prohibiting discrimination by protected classes.