Chief Scientist

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform electronics engineering processes, procedures, and best practices


• Provide engineering expertise to activities such as development, testing, evaluating, training and configuration management in support of an acquisition program


• Provide engineering support on the transport and networking architecture focused on current and future tactical network capabilities


• Support design reviews and perform thorough, in-depth technical evaluations/assessments of network performance and architectures, to include support of risk assessments and integration strategies


• Support Capability Set (CS) and Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) activities. Provide technical support to evaluate and integrate new technologies to modernize communications


• Effectively collaborate with organizations to include, but not limited to PEO C3T, other PMs and PdMs, ACM and other Army wide stakeholders and coordinate on interoperability considerations


• Review and understand acquisition documentation (e.g. mission needs statements, operational needs statements, Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents, technical specifications, etc.) for Army tactical communications electronics and translate those requirements to support development of solutions that are standards-based and cost efficient


• Review Government performance work statements and contractor proposals for technical accuracy and to ensure requirements are met