Engineering Technician III

SAIC · Patuxent River

SAIC is seeking an Engineering Technician to support NAVAIR PMA-209 Tactical Communications (TACCOM) / ARC-210 Radio with legacy and state-of-the-art Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Satellite Communications engineering activities. Supports systems engineers with acquisition/procurement package development. Tasking includes conducting systems test plans and developing system test reports. The candidate will provide integration support for the ARC-210 radios on airborne platforms.

Work will be performed client-site at NAS Patuxent River and in the SAIC office in California, MD.

Job Duties:

-Provide systems engineering and integration support to both the Secure Communications integration and the TACCOM development teams.

-Represent the PMA209 TACCOM team at various meetings/events where the candidate must have excellent communication & organizational skills in addition to an ability work well with others in a demanding environment.

-Support the secure communications team GFE procurement and delivery processes and schedules.

-Support planning/tracking acquisition of new capabilities integrated into the ARC-210 system.

-Liaison with all areas of the TACCOM team and the PMA209 International Program team.

-Assist the Program in developing acquisition/procurement packages for ARC-210 TACCOM IPT.

-Provide acquisition support to research, plan, coordinate and draft contract documentation for the acquisition of advanced communication capabilities.

-Identify potential program risks, opportunities and identify initiatives of future communication

efforts.

-Conduct and document platform integration and test plans. Generate high quality test results.

-Serve as alternate manager of COMSEC account at the SAIC facility

-provide support and assist with training at the ARC-210 Training Laboratory

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