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Mission Planner

Spectrum Comm Inc, Beale Air Force Base, CA, United States


Spectrum is looking for Mission Planners to provide full-scope mission planning support to operational, training, test, and exercise sorties.
Primary Responsibilities:

Assist in the development and integration of the MPC program into new and existing Air Force guidance. These
include, but are not limited to: AFTTPs, CONOPS, AFIs, MWS-specific guidance, training curricular, etc.
Competencies:
Be familiar with, and will adhere to published guidance, directives, and instructions relating to the planning and execution of Operational, Training, Test, and Exercise sorties.
Minimum Requirements:

Minimum Government Security Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI & NATO Secret
Minimum Experience: Experience in one of the following areas:

DoD Aircrew, Private/Corporate/Commercial/Law Enforcement
Aircrew, Air Traffic Control, Commercial Flight Planning, Mission Planning, and/or other relevant experience.
Significant Sensor Planner experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Minimum Education: None
Minimum Certification: May be required to pass a standard physical examination that includes, at a minimum: medical history, height, weight, blood pressure, HIV antibody, and chest x-ray.
Required Skills: (1) C2 (i.e. ROME, ATO, ACO, RSTA, SPINS, DAFIF, etc.); (2) Order of Battle; (3) sensor tasking/target lists; (4) terminal, en-route, & operating area weather (includes high-altitude turbulence and radiation considerations); and (5) Flight Information Publications.
Travel: All Contractor personnel shall be deployment eligible and may be required to travel outside the continental United States. Deployment eligible personnel shall be required to obtain and maintain a valid US Passport. VISA requirements shall be determined by State Department for each location. Contractor Personnel in a temporary duty (TDY) status require a minimum a 120-day VISA unless limited by country of entry.
Desired Competencies:

Previously qualified MPC Mission Planner.
B.A. or B.S. degree or higher.
Graduate of USAF Weapons School or comparably competitive program.
Experience as a Rated Evaluator, Instructor, or comparable flight experience.
Significant (1,000+ total flight hours) rated aviation or comparable flight experience.
Experience with USAF airborne ISR programs.
Experience with the following planning software: Omniview, Enterprise Collection Planner, Joint Mission Planning System, Common Sensor Planner, AFMSS, and/or Combat Flight Planning Software.
Operational Experience in: flight planning, sensor planning, Extended Tether Program (ETP) planning, Air Operations Center operations, development of plans & requirements, ISR infrastructure, Command & Control schema, intelligence, and Multi-Domain Command & Control (‘MDC2’) theory of operation.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
Experience with web-based flight planning (i.e. Skyvector.com, etc.).

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