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Senior Engineer - FMS (ENKG_01)
CompanyAir Combat Effectiveness Consulting
LocationLexington Park
Work ModeOn Site
PostedSeptember 18, 2026
About The Company
ACE Group is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that provides expertise in the operational applications of current and future airborne weapons systems, with an emphasis on their lethality and survivability in the Battlespace. Our employees draw from a wealth of personal and company operational and acquisition experience to provide our Nation’s decision makers with the knowledge required to optimally equip our Armed Services with affordable, yet lethal and survivable weapons systems.
Our logo captures who we are and what we do. To define who we are, we take our colors from the flag of the United States of America, to which we pledge our allegiance. From the iconic white scarf of the WW I Ace – the first aviators to employ combat effectiveness from the air – to the aiming diamond of 21st century aircraft, we employ these symbols to define what we do: We provide expert advice that is steeped in experience but remains on the leading edge of modern combat and remains steadfastly “On Target.”™
ACE Group’s business strategy attracts the most highly experienced and qualified subject matter experts in matters of military operations, policy, doctrine, and technology solutions, especially related to aviation. Just like our namesake combat Aces, a fighter pilot’s spirit surges within: We aggressively seek out the most demanding missions and accomplish them swiftly, efficiently, and successfully.
Our status as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business provides our customers with flexibility in contracting options and makes us a Sub-contractor of choice to other Prime contractors. Air Combat Effectiveness Consulting Group: we are nimble…flexible…creative…reliable.
We are…On Target.™
About the Role
Description
ACE Consulting Group is seeking a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Senior Engineer. The program office FMS team performs cradle to grave Systems Engineering processes and enforces Systems Engineering rigor for all technical baseline development in the FMS cases. The candidate will directly support the FMS Program Manager and APME in ensuring Systems Engineering rigor and quality technical requirements and processes are included in the FMS LOAs, and that robust technical development, testing, and sustainment is performed for these platforms. Engineering supports the development and delivery of documentation for each country to support targeted airworthiness objectives. Engineering also supports sustainment, safety and readiness of delivered systems.
Requirements
- Foreign customer engagement
- Systems Engineering artifact development (e.g. LOA technical & Se process requirements, SE funding requirements, technical requirement specifications, etc.)
- Flight test planning, testing and execution
- Communication and coordination of subject matter experts in other NAVAIR/NAVSEA technical domains
- Capability upgrades for both retrofit and production cut-in
- Oversee Systems engineering process management – requirements development, artifact development, requirements trade space, SETR events etc.
- Lead FMS Risk management efforts
- Manage and communicate safety hazards and resolutions
- Plan and perform system integration and interface management
- Configuration management – ECPs, RFVs, CRs
- Lead Obsolescence solutions
- Acquisition product development – LOAs, SOWs, CDRLs, etc
- Production quality assurance, disposition of withhold tags and discrepancies
- Budget planning and management
- FMS Case Development and New Business support
- Average travel approximately 1-2 times per month, CONUS and/or OCONUS
Education:
- Minimum 10 years of recent and relevant experience, 3 of which must be related to performing Systems Engineering functions in support of Naval Aviation, to include the Systems Engineering milestones and reviews of the Acquisition process and the associated documentation.
- MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related scientific discipline. A BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related scientific discipline AND an additional 4 years of recent and relevant experience (totaling 14) may be substituted for an MS or MA degree.
- Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; U.S. citizenship.
- Active Secret clearance
Key Skills
Systems EngineeringForeign Military SalesNaval AviationFlight Test PlanningRequirements DevelopmentRisk ManagementConfiguration ManagementSystem IntegrationInterface ManagementAcquisitionBudget PlanningSafety Hazard ManagementObsolescence SolutionsProduction Quality AssuranceTechnical Documentation
Categories
EngineeringGovernment & Public SectorConsultingSecurity & Safety
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The Senior Engineer will provide systems engineering rigor for Foreign Military Sales programs, ensuring technical requirements and processes are met throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include managing technical baselines, overseeing system integration, and coordinating with subject matter experts to support airworthiness and sustainment objectives.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
10+
💼Company Size
59
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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