Total 82 failure analysis engineer job vacancies in Others category in Charleston AFB, South Carolina

• Applying expertise, develops, interprets, and implements policies and procedures to provide planning, programming, and program guidance to facilitate the identification and determination of alternative ways to resolve substantive problems and issues of effectiveness and efficiency of work operations for long-range implementation in assigned program area.
• Develops new methods for documenting planning and programming decisions in appropriate formats, providing expert technical guidance and high-level advisor support, to meet USAFCENT assigned program requirements.
• Prepares and presents high level briefings of conclusions. Prepares reports, responses to queries, justifications, and background papers on the technical aspects of areas of expertise and assignment.
• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the division ensuring they complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. Develops goals and objectives that integrate USAFCENT objectives. Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies policies, regulations, directives, programs, doctrine, and procedures.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Directs, coordinates, and oversees work of subordinates. The position advises staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives of higher-level management or headquarters.

As an IT Specialist (Systems Analysis), GS-2210-11, you will:

Plan work to be accomplished, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work of the full range of cyberspace systems. Provide highly complex technical solutions to support unique systems requirements for specialized cyberspace systems. Monitor quality control practices and identify ways to improve production, timeliness, efficiency or quality of work. Monitor reports on system and equipment status, repair actions, modifications, and related matters. Analyze multiple ANG Wings in multiple States and/or Territories to establish criteria for mission support capabilities, evaluates mission effectiveness, and report the Wings mission capability. Initiate action required to maintain maximum degrees of efficiency and reliability. Develop new procedures and initiate projects when needed to solve unprecedented technical problems. Take, direct, or recommend remedial actions to correct problems or deficiencies and to preclude recurrence. Advise the Commander or Information Technology Manager of significant issues and matters concerning the Wings mission readiness capabilities.

Analyze complex processes and/or a variety of unusual problems, questions or conditions relative to the design and/or selection of management information systems and applications software technology. When warranted, associated information system design or selection may be applied to numerous ANG Wings with like configurations or associated missions. Incumbent is assigned specific responsibility as the subject matter expert for cyberspace systems infrastructure and services and will obtain/maintain IAM Level I certification lAW DoD 8570.01-M, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Clinger Cohen Act of 1996, in order to ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of all information technology services. Ensure current and proposed systems and infrastructures meet all relevant cyberspace systems architectures, Major Command (MAJCOM) communications standards, DoD directives and policies. Provide detailed interaction with Air Force and DoD PMO system designers to address problems encountered with site integration actions supporting rapidly expanding and evolving Cyber-centric systems. When specific guidance is lacking or requires interpretation, incumbent is required to use judgement and resourcefulness to resolve issues and develop new methods when required to resolve complex problems. Incumbent evaluates current and emerging industry technologies to determine the impact and interactions with existing communications and information systems and adapt new technologies to ensure compatibility. Use the AF Cyberspace Infrastructure Planning System (CIPS) tool and industry standard tools enabling project management oversight, AF/DoD IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) procedures, and industry project management best practices. Refine cyberspace systems requirements with threshold and objective specifications to establish necessary clarity of project scope and risk management. Prepare documentation and brief management on specific hardware and software needs, summaries of architectural goal alignment, master plan of events and timelines. Establish methods necessary to integrate new technology into existing architecture using required change management procedures. Identify and interpret applicable infrastructure standards and codes to identify conflicting system interfaces, to identify equipment configurations and to develop solutions.

Represent the organization at meetings and conferences, present briefings and establish/maintain effective work relationships at various command levels. Lead and/or participate in discussions, meetings, conferences, committees with DoD, AF, NGB and/or unit-level representatives related to current and projected IT projects which may require influencing or persuading other officials to accept and implement recommendations to use particular methods processes or procedures. Analyze areas of concern, identify errors in planning assumptions, identify system interoperability disconnects and resolve conflicts through persuasive discussions with management and user representatives. Consult with installation officials, working groups, customers and other organizational personnel on IT project deployment concerns. Participate in special projects and initiatives and perform special assignments. Identify the need for special projects and initiate milestones and goals for those projects. Maintain liaison with technical and professional organizations and industry to keep current on trends in technology. Prepare and present briefings which outline problems and solutions and keep management aware of their role in adopting changing technology.

Perform other duties as assigned.

• Performs planning and design work for substantial multi-phase new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of engineering.
• Manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of general engineering and knowledge of architecture to ensure overall compliance with contracted specifications, schedules, etc.
• Plans, programs, budgets, and executes required projects in support of assigned programs. Performs work in facilities operations and maintenance (O&M) functions. Provides consulting services and project coordination.
• Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• You will be responsible for day-to-day oversight of any branch/subordinate level engineers and related technical support personnel; as assigned by FST.
• You will determine the best approach to resolve complex technical engineering problems. identify programmatic constraints involved with each problem and develop the solutions.
• You will investigate, research, and determine applicability of modifications and schedule maintenance requirements for the program.
• You will prepare correspondence, technical reports, and instructions for submittal to the FST leadership, other activities and contractors as may be required.

• Performs O&M engineering involving maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of equipment and systems to infrastructure facilities, including utility systems, at a military installation utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Determines short and long range requirements for replacement of existing complex and major facility and infrastructure systems, equipment, etc.
• Serves as a consultant on all civil engineering aspects of projects and provides civil engineering support to trades and crafts shops.
• In conjunction with the primary duty of O&M, on a less frequent basis performs work in the construction management, design, and programming/base development functions.

• You will determine the necessity for engineering projects to be included in repair, alteration, and new construction programs.
• You will ensure that their projects are designed to meet the latest state of the art criteria and meet all operations.
• You will design and prepare plans and specifications for a wide variety of mechanical engineering facilities which involve unusual problems having no definite precedent to aid in their solution.
• You will be responsible for coordinating their projects from their beginning to completion.
• You will make on-site field investigations to determine the full extent of any problems that may be encountered for their projects.

• Performs O&M engineering involving design and construction that encompasses the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of infrastructure facilities, including utility systems, utilizing professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Plans, programs, budgets, and executes required projects in support of assigned programs. Provides consulting services and project coordination. Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.
• Performs planning and design work for substantial sustainment, modernization, repair, improvement, renovations and construction projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over in-house labor or construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering and knowledge of other engineering disciplines to ensure overall compliance with project requirements.
• Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.

• Performs O&M engineering involving design and construction that encompasses the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of infrastructure facilities, including utility systems, utilizing professional knowledge of general engineering and architecture.
• Plans, programs, budgets, and executes required projects in support of assigned programs.
• Performs planning and design work for substantial multi-phase new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of engineering.
• Manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of general engineering and knowledge of architecture to ensure overall compliance with contracted specifications, schedules, etc.
• Provides consulting services and project coordination. Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.

Continued from Summary: Incumbent provides Division with technical support in the identification and validation of contingency repair and facility requirements to address a range of contingencies ranging from natural disaster to manmade or wartime, that threaten our installations and their facilities. Incumbent assists in the identification and validation of facility requirements for major force structure changes and new mission beddowns.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• As command Homeland Defense and Plans Manager, ensures requirement focused allocation and upgrades of ADR equipment, material, and manpower is provided to support PACAF installations and identifies and supports development of new facility construction/ renovation criteria is developed to ensure continuity of operations following a natural disaster, accident or attack on our installation(s).
• Supports on-going and future Joint Concept Technology Demonstrations and other efforts developing new and upgraded capabilities in support of Duty 1.
• Provide operational and program management support to Division.
• Provide professional engineering analytical expertise and operational/program management.

• Serves as technical lead responsible for all systems engineering activities required for the assigned mission and/or the design, development, production, test, and support of assigned systems.
• Evaluates contractors' technical proposals.
• Represents the organization with all levels of management, including functional counterparts, HQ USAF, DoD, other federal agencies, industry partners, and academia.

The primary purpose of this position is: To Serve as an expert computer/network systems engineer for the functional area of airborne and terrestrial network engineering and the integration of those networks and systems onto the Air Force Network. This position is responsible for engineering, integration and technical evaluation of communications and Information Technology (IT) solutions for use by the operational Air Force and other DoD agencies in support of the warfighter, which includes the 17 most senior US leaders up to and including the President of the US (POTUS). Performs integration engineering and evaluation of a vast array of Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) network and infrastructure products for Air Force users in the airborne and terrestrial networking environment.

DUTIES:

• Serves as a Computer Engineer expert conducting authoritative engineering design, evaluation, and security assessments of airborne and/or terrestrial networks, and IT systems.
• Develops original and creative airborne and/or terrestrial communications and IT network/systems documentation products used by Air Force personnel.
• Provides expert airborne and/or terrestrial networks engineering to include: managerial, procedural, and policy guidance.
• Manages assigned tasks to include representing AFNIC, AFSPC and other MAJCOMs. Manages assignments and directs tasks in accordance with established schedules.

• Participates in the evaluation of programs and development of plans for new construction, renovation, and improvements of real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of civil engineering.
• Facility Project Planning Activities. Effectively plan facility projects to minimize impact to 621 CRW operations, maximize budgetary resources, and meet future requirements as outlined by higher headquarters' strategic visions and plans.
• Manages activities of organization's facilities management specialists.
• Plans analysis. Performs base support planning processes. Prepares and directs the compiling, coordinating, publishing, distributing, maintaining, and implementing of base support plans.
• Support Agreement Manager Activities. Creates and performs support agreement management processes.
  

• You will serve as a Flight Test Engineer for an Integrated Test Team (ITT). The ITT is comprised of test team members represented by various NAVAIRSYSCOM disciplines and their relevant counterparts within other DOD entities.
• You will be responsible for the overarching planning, execution, and reporting of Integrated Test.
• You will develop technically sound flight test plans and reports, develop testable scenarios, profiles, and procedures in order to produce flight test cards.
• You will work with various project officers in test plan development and flight test planning, and facilitating data requests and collection.

DUTY 1
Performs career-broadening assignments designed to enhance and develop leadership competencies and business skills in the civil engineer functional community.

DUTY 2
Performs career-broadening assignments involved in program development and evaluation.

DUTY 3
Carries out special projects and assignments designed specifically to meet the broadening intent of the position.

DUTY 4
Represents AFNWC/PI and serves as a member of internal and external governance boards/working groups such as the WGF Action Group and WGF Executive Steering Group that address priorities, opportunities, and challenges and produce cooperative solutions.

DUTY 5
Develops and provides expertise on developments within the Air Force Civil Engineer functional area and provides related consultant and advisor services to the Command.

• Functions as senior EW system engineer, subject matter expert, and technical lead for mission data (MD) design, development, testing, evaluation, and engineering on the applicable EW system.
• Serves as lead engineer/team manager during major EW System operational test & evaluation, Force Development Evaluation (FDE), Foreign Material Exploitations (FME) and special project testing.
• Functions as senior system project engineer in performing advanced systems engineering and hardware/software applications/design for EW equipment or devices.
• Senior engineer with project management responsibility to direct/conduct research and development demonstrations for complex Electromagnetic Electronic Warfare systems.