Flight Operations Specialist

General information

Requisition # R62924 Locations USA-MD-Patuxent River Posting Date 08/27/2025 Security Clearance Required Secret Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Flight Operations Specialist  to join our team in Patuxent River, MD. This is an onsite position.
 

This role supports the Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft System (FoSUAS) in NAVAIR’s Systems Engineering Department (SED). SED is a key part of NAVAIR’s efforts to acquire and sustain naval aviation capabilities and plays a crucial role in the development, testing, and support of naval aircraft and weapons systems. This is an opportunity to be part of an organization that plays a crucial role in keeping our nation’s warfighters safe and mission successful.
 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supporting the PMA Interim Flight Clearance (IFC) – Family of Small UAS (FoSUAS)

• Acting as the primary point of contact for information and process knowledge regarding specific type Flight Clearance (FC) for their assigned platform(s)

• Managing and developing assigned FC Tracks, ensuring timely transition of Interim FC (IFC) content into Permanent FC (PFC)

• Creating, updating, and submitting tracking reports on IFC/PFC status to the PMA and other stakeholders

• Developing required content and facilitating flight clearance progression through engineering reviews for airworthiness

• Preparing and delivering formal briefs to support new or evolving fleet capabilities and platform types

• Facilitating and hosting meetings or briefings as required by the APME/APMSE or other PMA team members

• Must be willing to travel up to 10%

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience; an Associate’s with 6+ years, or High School diploma with 8+ years may be substituted in lieu of Bachelor's degree

• Experience with flight operations as a member of a crewed aircraft platform (manned or unmanned) in either Civil or DoD applications

• Experience with developing and implementing configuration management procedures for technical data

• Proficiency with Adobe, Microsoft Office, an