OST, Inc. · 16 hours ago
Live Collective Aviation Engineer
Optimal Solutions & Technologies (OST, Inc.) is focused on excellence in Management Consulting, Information Technology, and Research Development and Engineering services. The Live Collective Aviation Engineer is responsible for providing engineering and technical support for live and collective aviation training environments, ensuring effective training systems and interoperability across various platforms.
Information TechnologyManagement ConsultingService Industry
Responsibilities
The Live Collective Aviation Engineer provides engineering, integration, and technical support for live and collective aviation training environments, ensuring aviation training systems enable realistic, safe, and effective collective training across individual, crew, and unit levels
The individual supports the design, integration, testing, sustainment, and continuous improvement of live aviation training capabilities, including aircraft-integrated training systems, range instrumentation, and collective training enablers
Responsibilities include supporting engineering analysis and integration of live collective aviation training systems and Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations (TADSS); assisting with development and review of technical requirements, interface specifications, and system architectures; and supporting test planning, execution, and validation activities
The Live Collective Aviation Engineer supports interoperability between aircraft, instrumentation, networks, and training systems to enable collective and joint training events
Additional duties include supporting installation, configuration, and sustainment of live aviation training systems; participating in training exercises, demonstrations, and evaluations; supporting Government Acceptance Testing (GAT) and on-site testing; collecting and analyzing performance and training effectiveness data; and providing technical recommendations to improve system reliability, realism, and training outcomes
The role collaborates closely with aviation program managers, trainers, operators, network engineers, range personnel, and logistics teams to ensure live collective aviation training systems align with Army aviation doctrine, safety requirements, and readiness objectives
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting aviation training systems, live collective training environments, or military aviation engineering
Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Aviation Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Demonstrated experience with live or collective aviation training systems
Integration of aviation TADSS and training enablers
System testing, validation, and sustainment
Aviation system interfaces and interoperability
Support to training exercises or live flight events
Active Secret security clearance
Preferred
Experience supporting Army aviation collective training, CTC rotations, or aviation ranges
Familiarity with aviation range instrumentation and live training enablers
Collective training architectures (live, virtual, constructive integration)
Army aviation training doctrine and safety requirements
Prior operational aviation or aviation training background
Certifications or training in systems engineering or test & evaluation
Benefits
Full benefits
Possible bonus potential based on merit and performance
Company
OST, Inc.
OST solves complex problems and overcomes challenges to deliver optimized, value-driven solutions that improve our customers’ business operations and advance their missions by building a great firm that attracts, develops, excites, and retains exceptional people.
Funding
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