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Supervisory AST, Experimental Facilities Techniques
Armstrong Flight Research Center · Posted 122 days ago
Hybrid Edwards AFB, CA $147K – $191K Apply by Jun 8, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Operations
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You will serve as the Deputy Director for the Mission Operations Directorate providing management and direction over: experimental facilities and equipment; design/development of procedures, techniques, and methods of equipment operation; design of facility modifications to meet test requirements; analysis, validation, and storage of test data.
What You'll Do
- →Assists Director in leading the development, acquisition, operation and sustainment of the Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.
- →Provides technical and administrative direction to subordinate employees; identifies strategic objectives for the organization; defines jobs and assignments; represents and defends organization and employees work to senior management.
- →Provides engineering analysis for special projects, future projects, and in advance planning of new systems and capabilities of all applicable agency programs and areas of concern and responsibility.
- →Provides coordination and management oversight of Directorate functions, Dryden Aeronautical Test Range; technical management of contracts providing services and products; resource analysis; management of the Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum.
- →Manages flight test range operations, research aircraft telemetry, mission control rooms, air-to-ground communications, ground communications, flight data processing and data archival.
- →Directs and manages significant elements or phases of projects related to major organizational functions, programs, or projects.
- →Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.
Requirements
- ✓If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.
- ✓Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program.
- ✓To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords.
- ✓These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs.
- ✓MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions.
- ✓For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
Personality Fit
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