ACARA Solutions and our client in Manassas, VA have a contract to direct hire position available.

Supportability Engineering Specialist

• In our highly collaborative and global environment, you'll analyze the effects of projects upon various areas such as Engineering, Facilities, and the labor pool to determine the most practical and cost-efficient methods to obtain the needed resources and participate in the tactical planning for completion of identified project segments.
• Essentially, you'll perform research and engineering laboratory functions involving the layout, building, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing devices, assemblies, subsystems, and systems as well as perform technical activities that impact the proposal, system-level design, detail design, and manufacture of advanced electronics systems.
• Develops new engineering documentation such as but not limited to:
  1. Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
  2. Sparing Recommendations
  3. Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability Analysis
  4. Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis
• Validate procedures during testing events in the lab, sometimes needing shift work to complete.
• Develop Provisioning Technical Data Packages (PTD)
• Reviews Engineering Change Orders and communicates Fleet impacts to appropriate team members.
• Develop ICAPS data packages for submission to the government.
• Develops design change notices because of ECOs and submit these notices to appropriate personnel.
• Uses EPDM to pull BOMs, review BOMs, and create BOMs.
• Works with Engineering Leads to ensure BOMs are updated and accurate based on reviews of engineering drawings.
• Tracks Onboard Repair Parts, Installation and Check Out Spares, as well as construction spares for various undersea programs.
• Use sound configuration management principles to ensure document configuration management is maintained.
• Uses Windchill to perform Reliability Analysis of hardware in development, develops reliability block diagrams, and develops reliability reports based on this analysis
• Develop reliability Maintenance documentation to include but not limited to Functional Block Diagrams, Failure Modes, and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Maintenance Requirement Cards (MRC), and Maintenance Index Pages (MIP)
• Develop reliability predictions to calculate Operational Availability (Ao), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), and failure rates
• Develop maintainability predictions to calculate Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
• Participates in engineering reviews and provides supportability recommendations to ensure custom electronics are easy to repair and replace
• Communicate project/program issues to management
• Participate in various technical and program meetings every week

• Bachelor of Science or Technology Degree
• Minimum of 5 years experience with Interactive Computer Aided Provisioning System (ICAPS)
• Minimum 5 years of Supportability experience with submarine combat systems
• Minimum of 5 years experience with XML/UML
• Minimum of 5 years experience with Windchill or Opus
• Minimum of 5 years experience in reading and understanding with Bill of Materials (BOM) and schematics

• Master's Degree
• Navy experience
• Subject matter expert (SME) in one discipline/field and developing working knowledge in adjacent disciplines/fields
• Proficient understanding and application of engineering principles, concepts, practices, and standards
• Creative thinking with the ability to multi-task
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Team player who thrives in collaborative environments and revels in team success
• Familiarity with GIEA-STD-0007
• Reliability Analysis, MIL HDBK 217
• Have good organizational and analytical skills as well as practical problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and be able to manage multiple projects and issues simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• Job entails some travel to support Navy customers
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.