Senior Program Analyst — Flight Test Planning & Program Support
Ataero — Patuxent River, MD
Posted: 2026-09-11
Job Description
• Senior Program Analyst supporting H-53 flight-test planning and coordination for NAVAIR’s PMA-261 in an on-site, full-time contract role in Patuxent River, MD.
• Align developmental and operational test requirements, aircraft configurations, schedules, reporting, readiness milestones and capability delivery for the CH-53E and CH-53K.
• Coordinate requirements across PMA-261 IPTs, test leadership, HX-21 and participating organizations; track aircraft, instrumentation, resources, dependencies, actions and issues.
• Requires an MA or MS, more than 10 years of relevant program/project/management analysis experience, and Secret Clearance; desired qualifications include 5+ years of DoD developmental or operational test-pilot duties and/or test planning.
• Uses iTEST, iREPORT, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint and Excel; occasional travel required. Compensation is $135K–$145K per year.