Test Evaluation Manager Senior

COLSA Corporation is seeking a Test and Evaluation Manager to support a USAF contract in Dayton OH. This role will support program reviews inspections test planning meetings readiness reviews and other testrelated milestones. The T&E Manager will help develop and maintain test plans evaluation strategies and acquisition documents while coordinating testing requirements and acceptance processes with program offices contractors and oversight agencies.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of DoD test and evaluation processes to assist in the designing planning analysis and reporting phases of test and evaluation programs (including any applicable FAA certifications and procedures) to assess the performance of aeronautical systems subsystems and equipment as they progress through the various acquisition phases and milestones
• Review/develop/update applicable program documentation for Test and Evaluation (T&E) managementrelevant requirements across the full spectrum of actions required to award weapon systemrelated contracts to including but not limited to preaward documentation development of evaluation criteria evaluation of contractor proposals and postaward documentation actions
• Perform an advisory role as required for program source selections on all test and evaluation management related requirements.
• Assist in project team meetings working groups and reviews and provide assistance to any integrated test team activities including interaction with higher level test organizations such as OSD/Director Of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E)
• Evaluate the levels of effort resources and integration required to develop executable T&E programs and execute the T&E plan
• Assist in scheduling and securing required test resources in support of project/program office objectives
• Perform research activities to define minimum test requirements definition of task scope and selection of alternatives
• Prepare maintain update and review the full range of test plans and testrelated documentation including but not limited to T&E strategies test reports requirements and objectives for adequacy specification/performance requirement compliance conformity with mandatory guidance and provide recommendations as necessary for improvement
• Perform material solution analyses leading up to design reviews
• Assist in the development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost schedule and performance
• Review analyze and resolve equipment interface problems assist in the determination and definition of aircraft configuration requirements and support the CCB for aircraft modifications
• Review analyze and identify potential updates to TCTOs drawings Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) Illustrated Parts Breakdowns (IPBs) and other applicable aerial target technical data. Shall have experience in conducting engineering studies; developing test procedures repair capabilities and maintenance or inspection requirements; and analyzing data from the REMIS and Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS)
• Provide technical programmatic and logistical historical context information and data so that comprehensive engineering and management decisions can be made in a timely manner
• Provide data collection assistance and evaluate the data sufficiency assess data collection methodology instrumentation and procedures format data to facilitate computer processing and analysis and perform first and secondgeneration data reduction. Also perform data analysis using Modeling and Simulation (M&S) techniques models computer simulations or other tools/methods
• Recommend and assess test data requirements necessary to meet program test objectives within program cost and schedule constraints and use the analysis results to recommend changes in testing techniques procedures and/or to identify potential areas for further investigation

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