Fleet Support & Systems Test Engineer - Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

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Responsibilities

The Fleet Operations team at Draper is seeking an experienced candidate to join us in a multidisciplinary team environment, focused on delivering solutions to challenging problems in direct support of the Navy’s Trident Guidance System program. This candidate will plan, coordinate, and work through a variety of Fleet matters ranging from managing and troubleshooting established operationally deployed systems, to addressing real time Fleet issues and providing solutions to ensure continued operations of the countries’ premier Strategic Weapon System. Additionally, this individual will work with the Guidance Systems Integration and Test team to execute test design, test conduct, data processing and analysis, and report generation. This individual will be working at the Navy Guidance Test Facility on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The individual will be responsible to work directly with staff located at other sites, ensure issues are resolved in a timely manner, and communicate status with upper management. The individual will strive to improve efficiency within the organization and work with task leadership on annual and out-year tasking plans. The individual will possess effective communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment. Travel to off-site locations will be required.

The individual will be responsible for the following:

Qualifications

This position seeks a candidate with the following qualifications:

Security Clearance and U.S. Citizenship is required.

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