Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Mission Planning Analyst (MPA) to join our team at Beale Air Force Base. As an MPA, you will work in a small, close-knit team environment providing expertise in support of Common Mission Control Center requirements. You will leverage your aviation, electronic warfare experience, and critical-thinking prowess to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures to counter emerging threats.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support to program management reviews, human machine interface reviews, mission planning and other working groups/conferences
- Identify threats and survivability for proper decision making to best meet client objectives
- Liaise with the System Program Office (SPO), staff, other DoD organisations, and mission planning experts to remain current on system capabilities, developments and initiatives
- Provide advice and recommend options to manage and improve mission planning processes and procedures, efficiency and effectiveness, equipment capabilities and training requirements
- Review, develop, and prepare mission plans for test, peacetime and wartime operations
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years aviation experience or Master's degree and 6+ years aviation experience as a Pilot, Combat Systems Officer, Electronic Warfare Officer, Weapon Systems Officer, or Navigator
- TS/SCI security clearance is required
Desired Skills:
- Strong knowledge of mission planning systems, ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) operations, military aircraft combat mission planning, and the key factors in aircraft survivability
- Recent operational experience
- Experience with managing multiple tasks in a dynamic environment and ability to complete assignments with little or no supervision
- Experience with RPA/UAV/UAS mission commanders / mission planners