The Center for Mission Engineering’s Speed, Test, Rigor, and Innovation in Defense Evaluation (STRIDE) Project Manager will lead CME support for the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation’s STRIDE initiative, focused on integration of cutting-edge technologies – AI, advanced modeling and simulation, autonomy, and data analytics -- into DOT&E practices.
CME’s STRIDE PM will (1) co-lead peer System of Systems, Digital, or Mission Engineering engagements to advance digital innovation theory and practice in a mission-centric, SoS T&E, emergent and AI-cognizant “Community of Interest”, (2) conduct workshops and engage the DoW acquisition, T&E, and research enterprise, and (2) report extensively on this work including recommendations of additional research moving from discrete, event-based testing to continuous mission assurance by incorporating risk modeling and probabilistic assessments.
Engage, document and grow emergent, DOT&E-focused, Communities of Advanced Engineering Interest engaged in basic and applied research on integrating digital innovations including AI into Mission Engineering and System of Systems Engineering processes – including operational, acquisition, experimentation, and T&E organizations and processes -- to achieve desired DOT&E STRIDE outcomes.
Advance the CME effort to design and implement a validation strategy to prioritize such digital innovations, in concert with DOT&E principals, OUSD MEIA principals, USD Acquisition and Sustainment principals, and other DoW digital transformation practitioners.
Develop, manage and document at least one digital analytic workshop for diverse government and industry engineers focused on achieving DOT&E’s innovative analytic STRIDE mission.
Proactively generate research proposals and contribute to an R1 status partnership strategy with other ODU National Security Institute centers, and external organizations.
Education and/or training:
Candidates must have a BS and MS or equivalent Certificate in an advanced engineering field (Systems, System of Systems, Digital or Mission Engineering).
Level and type of experience
Candidate must have a minimum of two years of practical Systems Engineering or Systems of Systems Engineering experience in industry or government. Candidate should have a minimum two years’ experience in ME and in “last mile” testing/evaluation/validation assessment of systems in an operational environment, with preference given to candidates with DoD (now DoW) Mission Engineering assessment experience at the Service, Joint, Enterprise or higher level, or equivalent industry experience.
Specific knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Candidate must be conversant with SoS architectures and interoperability, emergent AI tools, and should be conversant with standard T&E assessment tools as well as novel methodologies for evaluating the complex, interconnected, and autonomous systems that define the modern battlespace – moving from discrete, event-based testing to continuous mission assurance by incorporating continuous risk modeling and probabilistic assessments.
Candidate should have a minimum two years’ experience in ME, SoS Engineering, or Systems Engineering and in “last mile” testing/evaluation/validation assessment of hardware and/or software products, with preference given to candidates with DoD (now DoW) Mission Engineering assessment experience at the Service enterprise or higher level, or equivalent industry experience. Also, the Candidate should be conversant with standard T&E assessment tools as well as novel methodologies for evaluating the complex, interconnected, and autonomous systems that define the modern battlespace.
This position is being filled through the Research Foundation, which is a separate entity from Old Dominion University (ODU). While we work in support of ODU, the Research Foundation operates independently and is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
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Expected yearly salary: Starting at $75,000
