M&S Event Mission Manager (Senior)

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County headquartered in Huntsville AL. Our team provides superior research development and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nations top 100 defense companies the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: Lighting the Pathway of Freedom. And as a Certified Evergreen ESOP we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

The M&S Event Mission Manager will support the mission of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Engineering Directorate Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Office to test the Missile Defense System (MDS) in a distributed Hardware-In-the-Loop (HWIL) simulation environment including MDS Ground Test (GT) events and MDS Flight Test support (pre-mission risk reduction mission execution team training and post-flight reconstruction) as well as M&S development and test support to other Department of Defense (DoD) Partners.

As an M&S Event Mission Manager your duties will include the following but are not limited to:

• Provide strategic planning and project management support for MDS test events framework M&S and element M&S risk reduction activities including reporting to leadership on cost schedule performance and risk.

• Serve as the primary liaison among M&S software developers integration analysis test infrastructure teams MDA elements MDS participants and other stakeholders to consolidate capabilities and ensure requirements are met.

• Review and coordinate test plans schedules development timelines integration points and resource allocations (facilities personnel tools) to ensure event readiness and successful execution.

• Participate in planning meetings working groups peer reviews and technical interchange meetings presenting findings and maintaining management awareness of development and testing activities.

• Lead issue tracking and risk management efforts including identifying risks developing mitigation strategies monitoring impacts and communicating event status to stakeholders.

• Collaborate with systems engineering and cross-functional teams to define M&S engineering criteria and coordinate continuous developmental activities supporting risk reduction and mission objectives.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship

• Bachelors Degree with emphasis in Business Engineering or equivalent experience.

• 10 years of relevant experience.

• Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI

• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading integrated system test events and managing complex technical activities.

• Experience reviewing test plans schedules and resource allocations within dynamic event-driven environments.

• Ability to travel up to 25% and work occasional nights and weekends to support mission-critical schedules.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working within MDA Ground Test environments and familiarity with overall MDS infrastructure and participant capabilities.

• Experience leading integrated system test events and working with MDA and Other Government Agencies (OGA).

• Familiarity with real-time distributed simulation infrastructures MDS element configurations and operations and DoD Operational Testing (OT) and Developmental Testing (DT).

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar credential.

• Understanding of cloud testing principles and the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in modern test and evaluation environments.

Schedule:M-F; 8-5

Work Location:Redstone Arsenal Huntsville AL

Travel:yes up to 25%

Relocation Assistance Available:No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract:No

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment a competitive salary and an excellent comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution medical dental vision life insurance short-term disability long-term disability flexible spending accounts Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts EAP education assistance paid time off and holidays.

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