Principal Aircraft Integration Engineer

• Lead Family of Affordable Mass Missiles (FAMM) physical/electrical aircraft integration across USAF and related platforms.
• Serve as Program Interface Manager and primary Point of Contact (POC), collaborating with cross-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), prime contractors, and external agencies throughout the weapon lifecycle.
• Develop, maintain, and update the Interface Control Document (ICD), define message traffic, and author Interface Change Notices.
• Ensure all activities comply with safety, environmental, airworthiness, systems engineering, and Foreign Disclosure requirements.
• Advise leadership by proactively identifying cost, schedule, and performance risks, and provide actionable mitigation strategies to reduce time-to-flight and integration lead times.
• Develop and implement advanced Test & Evaluation (T&E) strategies and validation methodologies.
• Provide weapon support at Software Integration Laboratory (SIL) events, reviewing procedures and reports.
• Proactively resolve integration issues for novel systems to improve reliability, survivability, and lethality in a rapid fielding environment.
• Maintain mastery and serve as the office authority for MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-1553, and other USG Universal Armament Interface (UAI) languages and protocols.
• Ensure the longevity of this technical expertise within the office.
• Develop comprehensive training materials and brief combat operators and staff on FAMM capabilities.
• Travel as required by the government customer to support meetings, events, and program milestones.

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a similar field and 8-14 years of relevant experience.
• 10+ years demonstrated experience in multi-faceted tests and test project teams, to include oversight of scheduling with a focus on developmental test or operational test (DT/OT).

• Master of Science/Master of Engineering (MS/ME) degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a similar field is highly desired with 6-12 years of relevant experience.

• Top Secret
• Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com