Senior Payload Specialist
- Location
- McLean, VA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph
- airborne ISR systems
- system requirements engineering
- program technical management
Also useful
- electrical engineering
- software engineering
- aeronautical engineering
Stated benefits & perks
- 401k
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Disability
About the role
The Senior Payload Specialist will manage technical programs for the sponsor.
Essential Functions
- Provide technical expertise to aid in the generation of system requirements and associated support documentation.
- Independently prioritize mission needs and workload. Understand where authority lies in given scenarios when working with various government and industry stakeholders.
- Monitor task execution and completion. Provide input and assistance in preparing project briefs, compose project reports and documents, and other project related materials. Schedule and assist with organizing logistical support and hosting project related meetings, reviews, and video or teleconferences.
- Assemble acquisition documents for purchase request packages.
- Assist in portfolio, program, project planning and control. 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.
- Support periodic, adhoc travel to OCONUS locations as a field support representative (FSR) for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and support of platform and payload system hardware and software.
Qualifications
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Engineering or other technical background and experience with complex, technical, airborne ISR collection platforms (system comprised of multiple systems and subsystems).
- Ability to travel locally, CONUS, and OCONUS.
Education/Certifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Electrical, software, electrical, and/or aeronautical engineering background would be beneficial but not required.
Experience
- 5 - 10 years of experience preferred
Security Clearance
- Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance with polygraph
- U.S. Citizenship required
About AEVEX
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.
AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.
Recruitment Communication Notice: All official correspondence regarding your application, application status, interviews, or the AEVEX hiring process will come directly from an AEVEX representative using an @aevex.com email address or through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system. Please use caution with communications claiming to represent AEVEX from other email domains, and always verify the sender before responding or providing personal information.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
AEVEX is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.
From AEVEX's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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This Senior Payload Specialist position at AEVEX is located in McLean, VA (On-site). Always check AEVEX's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
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