# Engineering Skillbridge Program

Provider: [MIKEL, Inc.](https://programs.cccareers.org/providers/mikel)

- Program type: Not listed
- Branches: All branches
- Format: In person
- Length: 91 - 120 days
- Locations: Newport, RI
- Website: https://www.mikelinc.com
- Contact: Dan Kell, daniel.kell@mikelinc.com
- Page: https://programs.cccareers.org/programs/mikel-inc-engineering-skillbridge-program-s54enl

## Summary

We are seeking a motivated service member to provide AN/SQQ-89 SONAR Systems Engineering support to our Foreign Military Sales (FMS) team. The ideal candidate will provide high-level technical expertise, documentation reviews, and critical testing support for the AN/SQQ-89 Surface Undersea Warfare (USW) Combat System program. This role involves close coordination with US Navy leadership and requires executing on-site system troubleshooting and installation checkouts (INCO) in Japan under strict Foreign Military Sales (FMS) guidelines.

## Job description

Responsibilities:• Technical Documentation Reviews: Conduct comprehensive technical reviews of Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), training curricula, and related engineering data, providing timely feedback and status reporting.• Foreign Disclosure & Releasability: Conduct releasability and foreign disclosure reviews to ensure all technical documentation and software baselines are strictly cleared for release per FMS case guidelines.• Test & Integration Support: Provide remote and on-site support for critical test events, including Government Independent Verification and Validation (GIV&V), integration testing, System Qualification Tests (SQTs), and all associated dry runs. Generate detailed post-event engineering reports.• OCONUS Shipboard Support: Provide on-site technical support to the Government SQQ-89 Lead in Japan to conduct INCO events, INCO dry runs, and active system troubleshooting aboard Japanese ships and at designated shore sites.• AN/SQQ-89 System Expertise: Deep technical and operational knowledge of the AN/SQQ-89 combat system baselines. • Shipyard & INCO Experience: Proven experience working within industrial shipyard environments, conducting system installations, dry runs, and checkouts. • System Troubleshooting: Strong hands-on hardware/software diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities

## Locations

- Newport, RI, 02842 (near Naval Station Newport)

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