M&S Event Mission Project Manager (Senior)

The M&S Event Mission Project Manager will support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Engineering Directorate Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Office in testing the Missile Defense System (MDS). This role involves operating within a distributed Hardware-In-the-Loop (HWIL) simulation environment, supporting MDS Ground Test (GT) events, and assisting with MDS Flight Test support, including pre-mission risk reduction, mission execution team training, and post-flight reconstruction. Additionally, this position provides M&S development and test support to other Department of Defense (DoD) partners.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic planning support for MDS test events, framework M&S, and risk reduction activities.
• Act as a liaison between M&S software developers, product integration teams, analysis teams, test teams, infrastructure teams, MDS elements, and stakeholders.
• Consolidate capabilities to meet MDS stakeholder requirements.
• Maintain management awareness of planning activities and development issues.
• Participate in and present findings at working group meetings, peer reviews, and other technical interchange meetings.
• Develop and deliver reports to leadership on cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
• Review test plans and event schedules for feasibility based on resource allocation and time constraints.
• Coordinate test resources (facilities, personnel, etc.) with simulation software developers to support new capabilities and implementation strategies.
• Capture development schedules, integration points, and test plans.
• Collaborate with systems engineering and cross-functional teams to define M&S engineering criteria for risk reduction activities.
• Communicate M&S event and activity status updates to stakeholders.
• Plan and coordinate continuous development activities for M&S and MDS elements.
• Track and resolve M&S issues.
• Provide risk management recommendations, including identifying event risks, developing mitigation strategies, and monitoring impacts.

• Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in Business, Engineering, or equivalent years of experience
• Minimum 10 years of related experience
• Active secret security clearance required.
• Experience in:
• MDA Ground Test environments
• Leading integrated system test events
• Real-time distributed simulation infrastructures
• MDS Element configurations and operations
• DoD Operational Testing (OT) and Development Testing (DT)
• Familiarity with Objective Simulation Framework (OSF); experience operating M&S utilizing OSF is highly desired.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (preferred but not required).
• Demonstrated project management experience.
  
  

Job Type: Regular Full-time

Security Clearance: Secret

Schedule: M-F; 8-5, on-site

Work Location: Customer site

Travel: yes,10-20%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays. 

Applying to Torch Technologies:

Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

­All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.