Amentum is currently seeking an Electro-Optical Engineer II to support the PM Soldier Survivability (PM SSV) project office under Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, Natick, MA. This position will afford you an opportunity to be part of a dynamic and cohesive team whose mission is to provide and rapidly deliver enhanced protection, individual equipment, and aviation life support capabilities, which provides combat overmatch and facilitates mission execution.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support and analysis in the evaluation of sensor prototypes and systems, to include thermal imagers, image intensifiers.
• Translate military operational and mission requirements (ground, sea, air, and space) into practical system concepts and performance specifications.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation such as specifications, engineering drawings, system interface requirements, and engineering changes.
• Participate in post awards, program reviews, design reviews, and IPTs as the project engineer and/or technical expert on assigned programs.
• Evaluate design efforts to ensure integration of all the engineering disciplines and adequacy of the analyses performed, and optimize size, weight, and power, with cost (SWaP-C).
• Review test plans, procedures, and reports for technical adequacy on assigned programs, for both Government and contractor tests, as well as all failure reports.
• Conduct and/or monitor lab, contractor, and field testing to assess system performance and compliance with requirements. Evaluate system performance against specification requirements and assess risk of meeting user and specification requirements.
• Make recommendations and present briefings and conduct demonstrations to senior level managers in Government and industry at program manager, SES, and General Officer levels
• Initiate and review engineering change proposals and waivers/deviations for technical merit and conduct physical and functional configuration audits.
• Determine or evaluate analysis needed to investigate failures or performance issues, and ensure the appropriate and complete root cause corrective action is identified, validated, and implemented in all products as required.
• Recommend approaches to implement electro optic system level components into prototypes capable of achieving user requirements.
• Coordinate R&D efforts with DOD, National Labs, and appropriate international forums to leverage resources.
• Review program management documents to ensure accuracy and adequacy of technical content.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Optics Engineering or equivalent and four (4) years of relevant experience
• Must have an Active US Government Secret Clearance. Please note US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret Government Clearance.

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