Mission Planning Aviator

Mission Planning Aviator

Job ID: 2615412

Location: Huntsville, AL, United States

Date Posted: Aug 13, 2026

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Solutions Delivery

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: On-Site

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Job Description

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a talented and experienced Mission Planning Aviator to provide support to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center supporting efforts in Huntsville, Alabama on Redstone Arsenal.

The Senior Solutions Delivery Specialist will be responsible for but not limited to the following duties:

• Apply military aviation mission-planning and flight-operations knowledge to evaluate system capabilities, operational workflows, and user-reported issues.
• Collaborate with Soldiers, government stakeholders, software developers, testers, systems engineers, and cross-functional Agile teams to develop, enhance, test, and evaluate new or existing capabilities.
• Translate user-reported operational problems into clear technical descriptions, reproducible steps, expected behavior, and supporting evidence for software-development and test teams.
• Support requirements analysis, technical reviews, test planning, simulator-based evaluation, regression testing, user acceptance activities, and defect resolution.
• Perform work primarily in a computer-based office or laboratory environment, including extended analysis using mission-planning systems and flight simulators.
• Supervises or collaborates with other team members performing technical efforts.
• This position does not include flight duties.

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelor''s degree and fourteen (14) years' experience; additional four (4) years' experience can be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Clearance:

• Must possess an active Secret security clearance.

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated military aviation mission-planning, flight-operations, or closely related operational aviation experience.
• Working knowledge of aviation flight-planning concepts, including routes, airspace, airports, navigation aids, aeronautical data, and applicable Instrument Flight Rules and Area Navigation concepts.
• Ability to work independently with limited oversight to analyze complex operational and technical issues, identify potential root causes, develop alternative courses of action, and provide recommendations to program stakeholders.
• Practical understanding of aircraft configuration, flight performance, weight and balance, and takeoff and landing planning.
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex hardware, software, operating-system, configuration, or data-related issues.
• Demonstrated ability to independently learn and apply unfamiliar technical systems, operational concepts, data formats, or software tools.
• Ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple concurrent assignments while communicating status, risks, and dependencies.
• Collaborate effectively with operational users, engineers, software developers, testers, program leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain technical subjects to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

DESIRED SKILLS:

Candidates are not expected to possess every preferred qualification. Experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable:

• Experience as a rated military aviator, Instrument Examiner (IE), Instructor Pilot (IP), Maintenance Test Pilot (MTP), Tactical Operations Officer (TACOPS), or Aviation Mission Survivability Officer experience (AMSO) with Army aviation experience.
• Operational experience with the Aviation Mission Planning System (AMPS), Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS), or another military mission-planning, flight-planning, electronic-flight-bag, moving-map, or command-and-control system.
• Experience with one or more Army aviation platforms, including MH/UH-60, AH-64, MH/CH-47, MV-75 or fixed-wing aircraft; rotary-wing experience is preferred.
• Flight experience in a technically advanced or glass-cockpit aircraft.
• Experience performing or evaluating aircraft performance planning, weight and balance, Performance Planning Card (PPC) calculations, or Takeoff and Landing Data (TOLD) calculations in accordance with applicable Aircrew Training Manuals.
• Familiarity with geospatial information, aeronautical data, data conversion, database concepts, or structured data formats such as XML, JSON, CSV, or SQL.
• Experience working on an.
• Knowledge of formal systems-engineering or software-engineering processes, including requirements development, requirements traceability, interface analysis, verification and validation, configuration management, and change control.
• Experience troubleshooting Windows-based enterprise systems, including application logs, system services, networking, security policies, software dependencies, and hardware interfaces.
• Experience using scripting, automation, or data-analysis tools such as PowerShell, Python, Excel Power Query, or comparable technologies.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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