aevexaerospace

Payload Specialist

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At a Glance

Location
McLean, Virginia, United States
Experience
3–5 years
Posted
2026-03-25T11:47:13-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

Agile

Domain Knowledge

  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Government
  • Insurance
  • Legal
  • Medical

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

des a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, co

Requirements

Fundamental understanding of government contract structure.

Engineering or other technical background and experience with complex, technical, airborne ISR collection platforms (system comprised of multiple systems and subsystems).

Ability to occasionally deploy to austere environments.

AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S.

national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions.

The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools.

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise to aid in the generation of system requirements and associated support documentation.

Schedule and assist with organizing logistical support and hosting project related meetings, reviews, and video or teleconferences.

Assemble acquisition documents for purchase request packages.

This includes technical performance, schedules, and government assigned action items: preparing project plans and milestones, status reports, and monitoring the execution of tasks.

Assist sponsor with determining technical and financial risk on operations and maintenance (O&M) requirements, and assist with collaboration on O&M support with industry partners.

Support travel to CONUS-based contractor and test facilities for programmatic reviews, technical exchanges, and system testing.