The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Systems Engineering Department (SED) performs systems engineering, acquisition engineering leadership, and technical analysis in support of Naval Aviation and Weapons Program technical baseline development via systems engineering technical domain efforts in the areas of research and development (R&D), integration, testing, production, deployment, and sustainment.
This includes direct systems engineering support on specialized systems engineering technical domains throughout the full lifecycle of a weapon system from concept development to disposal, and is applied to all Naval Aircraft (Tactical, Vertical Lift, Maritime, UAVs, Targets, and advanced weapons), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and support systems.
The NAWCAD Systems Engineering Department requires systems engineering support of weapons systems on various platforms managed by Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and organized by Program Management Air (PMAs) at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
Serco’s Role
Serco supports the Chief Systems Engineer/Assistant Program Manager Engineering, subordinate Assistant Program Manager Systems Engineers (APMSEs) or Division/Branch Heads and their subordinates with multi-discipline research and development, integrated technical baseline development and evaluation, engineering assessment of the programs’ progress towards demonstrating, and confirming completion of required developmental tasks and confidence that the technical baseline is mature enough for the next stage of development.
Systems engineering support includes an overall technical assessment of cost, schedule, emerging technology, and maturity of design in support of the acquisition programs. To do so, Serco will employ a range of specialists, including system engineers, engineers, program management analysts, operations research analysts, mathematical scientists/data scientists, and tactical operations air weapons specialists. While most of the work will be on-site at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, there are other work locations in the U.S.
