Mission Planning Specialist, Senior

Mission Planning Specialist
Acquisition Program Test & Evaluation Specialist, Senior
Eglin AFB, Florida
Niceville, Florida

HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

HX5 is currently seeking a Mission Planning Specialist to join our team at Eglin AFB, Florida.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide knowledge and experience in weapon planning systems and subsystems.
• Includes analyzing weapon and user requirements for derived subsystem requirements associated with navigation and guidance systems; understanding of operational real-time planning and preplanning systems for employment of weapon systems in tactical aircraft and unmanned aerial systems; and development of mission planning support systems of active and passive weapon guidance systems.
• Requires strong knowledge and experience in:
  • software engineering processes;
  • mapping data, mapping data sources, accuracy and precision of map products;
  • understanding of photogrammetric development of mapping products, imagery products, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) product specifications, production sources and methods;
  • accuracy of guided weapons and sources of error associated with the weapons total error budget;
  • the role of mission planning systems in the error budget of guided and unguided weapon systems;
  • national and tactical sensor systems;
  • targeting sensors and their use in weapon planning and operational use on tactical aircraft and unmanned aerial systems;
  • NGA requirements process, and distribution;
  • DoD mission planning systems, requirements, acquisition, integration, testing, and fielding processes.
• Knowledge and experience shall include air tasking order methods and processes, in air operations centers, software interfaces, software verification/validation, JMPS and other mission planning systems, and weapon fly-out modeling.
• Knowledge and experience shall include; network centric operations in tactical data links (Link-16, CNR/ Variable Message Format (VMF) networks), unit level C4I systems, and network connectivity/ interoperability.

Education and Experience:

• AS degree and twenty (20) years of professional experience;
• OR a BS degree and fifteen (15) years of professional experience

Preferences:

• Current or former pilot preferred (F-18 / Hornet ideal)

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours.

Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance by date of hire.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Relocation Assistance
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Identity Protection
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter/Transit Spending Accounts
• Group Legal Coverage Options
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, pleasecall (850) 362-6551.

CJ