Senior Test & Evaluation Manager

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Senior Test & Evaluation Manager

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KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

KBR, Inc. is seeking a highly-experienced Defense Acquisition Program Senior Test and Evaluation (T&E) Manager to join our dynamic team at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida. The successful candidate will provide critical T&E planning, management and decision support to the Director/Chief Engineering Leader during the acquisition of Air Force and joint service air-to-air and/or air-to-ground weapons. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong background in defense acquisition T&E and a proven ability to lead complex test programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic T&E Leadership: Develop and lead the overall T&E strategy, master plans, and schedules for assigned major acquisition programs, ensuring alignment with program goals and warfighter needs.
• Test Program Management: Design, plan, coordinate, execute, and analyze comprehensive test and evaluation plans, events, scenarios, and procedures to verify and validate armament systems against performance requirements.
• Stakeholder & Team Collaboration:
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for T&E coordination with government customers, senior leaders, and external contractors.
  • Coordinate with outside test organizations, including the 96th Test Wing, 728th TW, 53rd Wing, 780th TS, and other national test ranges.
  • Participate in and lead T&E Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and other cross-functional working groups to ensure seamless program integration.
• Documentation & Reporting:
  • Develop critical T&E documentation, including Test and Evaluation Strategies (TES), Integrated Test Team (ITT) Charters, and Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs).
  • Prepare and review criteria, computation/analyses, specifications, cost estimates, test plans, and technical reports.
• Risk & Anomaly Management:
  • Create and maintain risk documentation, developing and implementing mitigation strategies for the program manager's portfolio.
  • Analyze performance anomalies to determine root causes, failure mechanisms, and potential remedies.
• Cost & Performance Analysis:
  • Assist in the development of system cost estimates by identifying and phasing the work required to meet warfighter needs.
  • Provide senior-level test support to leadership discussions with industry counterparts, offering insights into performance and testing.
• Advanced Simulation: Develop complex simulation scenarios to evaluate product performance under a wide range of operational conditions.

Work Environment:

• Location: On-site (Eglin AFB, FL)
• Travel Requirements: Moderate, 20-40%
• Working Hours: Standard - Core hours 0900 - 1500

Qualifications:

Required:

• Current Top Secret, SCI Eligible clearance
• SAP eligibility (Counterintelligence Polygraph may be required)

• Bachelors Degree
• 15+ years experience executing the required tasks

• Experience planning, coordinating and executing weapon test events with the 96th Test Wing, 728th TW, 53rd Wing, 780th TS, and other national test ranges

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, internal and customer facing
• Availability for ad-hoc and recurring customer and team meetings during core business hours. Position likely to have limited telework.

Desired:

• Masters Degree in related field
• Former Test Manger/Test Lead, or Test and Evaluation Senior Support Manager of an ACAT I Defense Acquisition program with 15+ years experience
• Direct experience on ACAT I programs in the development phase
• Experience as a Test Manager on an air-to-air or air-to-ground weapons program
• Experience bringing Agile, Digital Engineering, or advanced data integration management techniques to bear on Defense Acquisition

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.