Textile Engineer III

Amentum is currently seeking a Textile Engineer III to support the PM Soldier Survivability (PM SSV) project office under Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, Natick, MA. This position will afford you an opportunity to be part of a dynamic and cohesive team whose mission is to provide and rapidly deliver enhanced protection, individual equipment, and aviation life support capabilities, which provides combat overmatch and facilitates mission execution.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles and processes requiring the application of a broad background and knowledge of textile materials and in the area of Functional Combat, Environmentally Protective and Specialized Clothing Systems and items.
• Assist in the research, design, development, fabrication, test and evaluation and materials integration of complex systems for a variety of Warfighter and Soldier platforms.
• Establish requirements for the integration issues applicable to a wide variety of Warfighter and Soldier Systems to protect against threats such as Environmental, Chemical, Biological, Flame, and Detection.
• Assignment area involves resolution of complex problems associated with the protection, survivability, and lethality of Warfighter and Soldiers in various combat and utility environments.
• Coordinate and conduct materiel system investigations and analysis to determine the feasibility of various advanced technological and product development approaches, to define design concepts and criteria for future programs or to resolve major controversial problems in current programs.
• Plan, organize, direct and coordinate development programs to ensure that technological approaches are adhered to in the development, integration and manufacturing of materials and Combat and Specialized Clothing Systems that must meet stringent functional and environmental requirements.
• Review and evaluate system performance against specification requirements, monitor and assess field performance, and assess risk of meeting user and specification requirements.
• Identifying material/end-item deficiencies, proposing sound technological concepts, recommending development programs to be undertaken and preparing funding estimates and time phasing requirements for achieving significant improvements.
• Initiate engineering change proposals and waivers/deviations as required.
• Maintain extensive liaison with other agencies to exchange information on related developments and obtain cooperative and/or transition agreements.
• Assist in the development of joint programs with industry to facilitate research in manufacturing processes and transitions the fabrication methodology for the manufacture of military clothing.
• Manage program and project fiscal resources allocated for RDTE programs and customer projects.
• Deliver briefings and prepare reports to include interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Maintain active contact with industry, academia, and other organizations involved with research and development of related areas.
• Review program management documents to ensure accuracy and adequacy of technical content.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent and ten (10) years of relative experience.
• Must have an Active US Government Secret Clearance. Please note US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret Government Clearance.
• Subject matter expert for Textile engineering materials, development, integration and manufacturing; and has the ability to lead engineering efforts on assigned programs with minimal oversight from the government lead.

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