Integration Lead at ASEC in Patuxent River, MD

Apply Description What You’ll Do: As the E-130J Integration Lead, you will serve as the senior advisor and subject matter expert to functional leadership and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) for planning, coordinating, and integrating incremental E-130J capability development and acquisition activities. The position will provide high-level technical and acquisition planning to ensure capability requirements are appropriately phased, resourced, and executed across the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) program, System Demonstrated Test Articles (SDTA) production, and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) lots. In this role you will support the integration of current and future capabilities across program phases and stakeholders, including planning for a future capability insertion beyond the baseline system configuration. The position will coordinate across the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) enterprise to define, refine, and align capability requirements with technical maturity, acquisition strategy, production planning, test activities, schedule, and program resources throughout the acquisition lifecycle and the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process. Key Responsibilities: Act as the key advisor to functional leadership, providing timely, decision-ready assessments of capability integration, technical and acquisition planning, schedule, risks, dependencies, and recommended actions. Lead technical and acquisition integration planning for incremental phasing of E-130J capabilities across the EMD program, SDTA production, and LRIP lots. Coordinate development and refinement of an integrated capability roadmap that aligns baseline system configuration, incremental capability deliveries, and future capability-insertion planning. Facilitate development, refinement, and submission of Program Objective Memorandum (POM) inputs that support incremental capability phasing, future capability insertion, technical risk reduction, and production planning. Ensure capability requirements are appropriately defined, prioritized, traceable, and aligned with program objectives, technical maturity, affordability, schedule, and production constraints. Coordinate with stakeholders across the NC3 enterprise to identify operational, technical, test, sustainment, interoperability, and acquisition requirements. Facilitate cross-functional integration among program management, systems engineering, engineering, test, logistics, contracting, production, business financial management, and external stakeholders. Assess the impacts of proposed capability changes on the E-130J baseline configuration, production lots, technical baselines, test strategy, schedule, cost, and sustainment planning. Support planning for capability insertion beyond the baseline system configuration, including identification of required decisions, dependencies, technical risk-reduction activities, and acquisition milestones. Develop and maintain integrated planning artifacts, including capability roadmaps, schedules, decision packages, issue papers, risk assessments, and briefing materials. Identify integration gaps, technical risks, acquisition risks, and schedule conflicts early; coordinate mitigation strategies and elevate issues requiring functional leadership decisions. Support requirements reviews, technical interchange meetings, IPT reviews, acquisition planning sessions, and leadership decision forums. Monitor execution against approved plans and provide status updates on capability development, integration activities, production alignment, and readiness for future decisions. Assist in ensuring acquisition documentation, program plans, and technical planning products remain synchronized as requirements or program conditions change. Serve as a coordination point for technical and acquisition integration best practices, standardized processes, and continuous improvement across the E-130J program. This description outlines the general nature and scope of the role. Additional duties may be assigned as necessary. Requirements What You’ll Bring: Required Qualifications:
Experience supporting complex Department of War acquisition programs. Demonstrated experience in technical planning, systems engineering, acquisition planning, program integration, or capability-development management. Experience coordinating POM requirements, including development, prioritization, resourcing, and alignment of program needs across the FYDP. Experience coordinating requirements and technical activities across multiple program phases, including development, production, test, and sustainment. Working knowledge of acquisition lifecycle planning, technical baseline management, capability insertion, production planning, and risk management. Experience developing integrated schedules, roadmaps, decision briefs, issue papers, and executive-level program updates. Experience coordinating across functional leadership, IPTs, engineering, test, logistics, contracting, production, program management, cost, and business financial management stakeholders. Ability to assess competing capability requirements, identify cross-program dependencies, and recommend executable courses of action. Ability to communicate complex technical and acquisition information clearly to functional leadership and senior program stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications: Strategic perspective with the ability to translate future capability needs into executable technical and acquisition plans. Strong integration skills and ability to manage dependencies across development, production, and future capability-insertion efforts. Proactive approach to identifying technical, schedule, and acquisition risks before they affect program execution. Ability to facilitate alignment among diverse stakeholders with competing priorities. Strong organizational, analytical, and staff-writing skills. ASEC is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. Security Clearance Requirement: This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance. Selected candidate will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Salary Range: The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $175,000 - $185,000, commensurate with an individual’s experience, qualifications, and skill set. ASEC is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation. Who We Are: ASEC offers meaningful, mission-driven work within a culture that supports your professional and personal growth. We partner with our government customers to deliver innovative solutions across engineering, information technology, training, and logistics. Above all, we are committed to doing what’s right for the Warfighter—plain and simple. Explore what makes ASEC different by visiting our website. Why work at ASEC? 100% employee-owned company. Learn more about our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) here! Comprehensive benefits package, including 11 paid holidays, medical/dental/vision coverage, HSA/FSA options, disability insurance, and more! 401(k) with company match Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate education Veteran-friendly employer Thriving employee culture ASEC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, compensate, and promote employees based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or related conditions (including breastfeeding), or any other status protected by law. ASEC also complies with all applicable pay transparency laws and will not discriminate against employees or applicants for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing compensation.