S&T/R&E Strategy & Roadmap Technical Expert

S&T/R&E Strategy & Roadmap Technical Expert

Job Category: Science

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: None

Type of Travel: Local

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This position requires being on the client site, at the Mark Center, or Pentagon 1 day a month depending on customer instruction. On-site requirements subject to change based on the COI supported.

The Opportunity:

Are you ready to take on the challenge of shaping the future of science and technology for the Department of Defense (DoD)?

We are looking for a SME like you to be at the forefront of solving today’s and tomorrow’s most pressing defense technology challenges.  With your expertise in advanced electronics, autonomy, electronic warfare, or sensors and processing technologies, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and enhancing the DoD’s Science and Technology (S&T) roadmap.

In this role, you will:

• Use your deep technical knowledge to support the development, maintenance, and evaluation of the DoD’s S&T strategy.
• Be the driving force in articulating the capabilities and accomplishments of S&T to senior decision-makers, warfighters, Congress, and other key stakeholders.
• Take ownership of identifying technology gaps and providing actionable recommendations to bridge those gaps.
• Lead the development of performance metrics and capture lessons learned to ensure continuous improvement in DoD S&T efforts.
• You will also be instrumental in supporting the Reliance 21 initiative, managed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  This initiative empowers you to make a direct impact on how the DoD’s S&T community provides solutions and guidance to senior leaders and warfighters.  Through the Reliance 21 program, you will work within a dynamic ecosystem of technical coordination groups—known as Communities of Interest (COIs)—to foster collaboration, streamline efforts, and support innovation across the entire S&T enterprise.

If you’re ready to apply your technical expertise in a way that truly matters and directly influences national security, we want you on our team.  Your work will help shape the future of defense technology.

Responsibilities:
Day-to-day responsibilities include :

• Assist in developing, shaping, and coordinating comprehensive COI roadmaps and requisite investments that capture the opportunity, activity, and impact of S&T investments for their respective domains. Assist in providing technical leadership, management oversight, policy guidance, and coordination in research and engineering programs, including strategic recommendations on COI community structure, technical areas, and members.
• Support portfolio reviews to frame DoD’s S&T leadership discussions regarding investment priorities, the current state of technology, and future directions that consider: 1) Reliance 21 Coordination and Governance; 2) Science and Technology Research; 3) Experimentation and Transitions; 4) Program Planning, Analysis, Requirements, and Reviews; 5) Modeling and Tool Development; 6) Innovative Research and Outreach; and 7) Special Studies.
• Develop periodic and ad-hoc deliverables to include SECDEF briefings, COI roadmaps, COI taxonomy updates, cross-COI collaboration recommendations and technical exchange materials, industry briefings, and strategic research proposals. Assist ad-hoc requests from S&T and the COIs for help in answering inquiries from senior DoD leadership, Congress, and the White House.
• Outline major operational/capability needs or systems performance requirements and portray current posture and future strategic vision.
• Assist R&E in the evaluation, execution, and administration of the Applied Research for the Advancement of S&T Priorities (ARAP) Seedling and Project proposals and programs. Provide strategic insight and thought leadership to assess the level of innovation, alignment to DoD needs and National Defense Strategy priorities, cost realism, and transition potential. Provide strategic guidance and technical advice to COIs developing, refining, and/or evaluating ARAP Seedling (expansion of basic research) and full ARAP Project proposals (leading potentially to the design and development of prototypes).
• Assist in scoring and ranking of project proposals, and in the development of any requisite briefing materials for record.

Qualifications:
Required: 

• Fifteen (15) years of experience in one of these COI technical areas: 1) Advanced Electronics; 2) Autonomy; 3) Electronic Warfare (EW); 4) Sensors and Processing