Indirect Fire Weapons Operator (On-Call)

General Job Summary

• Designs, develops, and implements testing methods and equipment.
• Plans and arranges labor, schedules, and equipment as required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices.
• Provides test area with parameters for sample testing and plans tests to be performed.
• Compiles data and defines changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements.
• Work in Government environment supporting test, research, and development of emerging weapons technology.
• Support warfighter training and qualification by directly participating in rehearsals, exercises, and other events.
• Interface with customers in order to determine desired stimulus in test/training environment.

Essential Job Functions

• Troubleshoot, maintain, operate various US and foreign weapons systems from 60mm - 127mm..
• Provide highly accurate aerial targets to customers in support of operational assessments, research and development, and testing scenarios.

Work Environment/Physical Conditions

• Repetitive movement of hands and fingers (i.e., frequent computer use, typing and writing).
• Frequent sitting.
• Indoor office environment and/or laboratory environment (potential exposure to hazardous chemicals, odors, hot/cold depending on location).
• Moving items of up to 50 lbs and lifting to a height of 3 to 4 feet is potentially required (frequency by exact position).
• Extended hours outside.
• Long hours standing.
• Maintain sensitive and confidential information as required by government standards
• Interact effectively with peers and supervisors

Required Experience:

• Must have an Active Security Clearance
• 5 years of job related experience
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to interact effectively with peers and supervisors
• Ability to interact appropriately with the public when necessary
• Ability to adhere to workplace rules and safety protocols.
• Experience in working on a military base, extended hours, and in austere locations.
• Excellent writing and speaking skills
• Previous experience in risk management processes, working knowledge of risk reduction strategy and mitigations.
• Customer service minded, able to understand and capture unique customer needs and convey them to supervisor.
• Proven experience in ammunition and explosives handling, packaging, transport, and storage.

Desired Experience:

• Experience working in a classified government facility with DoD systems.
• Experience in mapping and surveying to accurately set up launch sites, fire azimuths and impact points.
• Mathematical competency to convert units of measurement, both foreign and domestic (e.g.-milliradians, degrees, minutes of angle, meters, miles, decimal degrees).
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of indirect fire, trajectories, meteorological effects, fire control, fire commands, and adjusting impacts.
• Experience operating military radio systems and familiar with radio net protocols.
• College education (BS preferred but professional military education may be substituted)

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