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About Castelion

Castelion is bringing a new approach to defense development and production: one that focuses on short, iterative design cycles, rapid testing in development, and modern commercial manufacturing strategies for production at scale. We’re designing, building, and testing next generation long range strike weapons systems to give America and its Allies a definitive edge and deter future conflicts.

HIMARS Specialist

The HIMARS Specialist will serve as Castelion’s internal subject matter expert (SME) on HIMARS employment, operations, and tactical integration. This individual will translate firsthand operational experience into actionable guidance for engineering, manufacturing, testing, and customer engagement teams.

You will play a critical role in ensuring our systems are intuitive, survivable, rapidly employable, and aligned with how warfighters actually operate.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the internal SME on HIMARS operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Provide operator-informed input into system architecture, human-machine interface (HMI), mobility concepts, and reload workflows
• Advise engineering teams on real-world constraints including crew ergonomics, field maintenance, deployment timelines, and survivability considerations
• Support design reviews to ensure operational realism is embedded in system decisions
• Participate in field tests, live fire events, and mobility demonstrations to evaluate usability and mission flow
• Assist Business Development and Program teams with customer engagement, CONOPS development, and operational briefings
• Develop training concepts and documentation rooted in real operational experience
• Identify capability gaps and improvement opportunities based on firsthand system use

Basic Qualifications

• Prior experience operating the M142 HIMARS in an operational military environment
• Deep understanding of HIMARS crew operations, mission planning, reload procedures, and fire mission execution
• Experience in deployed, training, or live-fire environments
• Ability to communicate operational insights clearly to engineering and technical teams
• Active U.S. security clearance or ability to obtain one

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience serving as Section Chief, Platoon Sergeant, Fire Direction Specialist, or similar leadership role
• Instructor or evaluator experience within a HIMARS unit
• Exposure to joint fires integration and coordination with higher-echelon fire control systems
• Familiarity with modern digital fire control and targeting workflows
• Experience supporting acquisition, test, or modernization efforts

All employees are granted long-term stock incentives as part of their employment as Castelion. All employees receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance, and the company offers three weeks of paid time off per year.

Leadership Qualities

Bias to Action and Creative Problem Solving. Desire and experience questioning assumptions in ways that lead to break through ideas that are ultimately implemented. Successfully bring in applicable processes/concepts/materials from other industries to achieve efficiency gains. Ability to personally resolve minor issues in development without requiring significant support.

High Commitment, High Initiative. A successful candidate will have a genuine passion for Castelion’s mission and consistently look for ways to contribute to the company’s technical goals and prevent hardware blockers. Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere. Strong sense of accountability and integrity.

Clear Communicator. Proactively communicates blockers. Trusted in previous roles to be voice of company with regulators, suppliers, gate keepers and customers. Capable of tactfully managing relationships with stakeholders to achieve company-desired outcomes without compromising relationships. Emails, IMs and verbal interactions are logical, drive clarity, and detailed enough to eliminate ambiguity.

ITAR Requirements:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Employment with Castelion is governed on the basis of competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

UEI College is a leader in post-secondary career education. Working at our employee-owned company is more than just a great career - it’s an investment in yourself. Our mission is to drive personal and community transformation by empowering students to make a positive and enduring life change. We are consistently searching for like-minded compassionate professionals who strive to be the best in their respective fields. Our top candidates share our commitment to helping students build the skills to create a future of which they can be proud.

We are currently seeking a Director of Career Services to join our team at our Gardena, CA Campus. In this position, you will be responsible for administering the campus' job placement program by ensuring a successful student placement experience for the campus’ students. As a member of the campus management team you will be responsible for the Career Services department meeting its objectives and goals, and ensuring the daily productivity of the Career Services team members. You will also be responsible for developing services that support the school’s mission, meeting the needs of a diverse campus population and fostering student professional and career development.

What you'll do:

• Complies with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditor standards, and institutional policies and procedures, including but not limited to those related to student job placement;
• Leads the Career Services team to achieve placement results in each program which are consistent with applicable regulatory agency standards and company and/or college guidelines;
• Actively promotes the Company’s mission, vision and values and ensures employees incorporate these beliefs and values into their daily work ethic;
• Develops and implements the campus strategy for Career Services;
• Ensures relentless execution of IEC-wide and regional strategic plans in Career Services;
• Follows all relevant policies, processes, and procedures related to placement process and documentation, including all processes established by the IEC compliance team;
• Provides training, coaching, and mentoring to other Career Services peers and new Career Services Specialists;
• Participates and assumes team leadership role in campus special projects and initiatives;
• Monitors and improves the campus Career Services relevant metrics;
• Partners with compliance in regards to placement verification and documentation processes and policies;
• Prepares and manages Career Services Department budget, specifically in staff allocation;
• Manages Career Services staff and resources allocation to ensure effective Career Services operations and meeting the critical targets and goals;
• Manages and motivates departmental staff to ensure effective and efficient departmental performance, which includes career advancement opportunities, training, and developing measurements and departmental goals;
• Manages and oversees externship component of all relevant programs and develops and implements campus-specific strategies to achieve the IEC Extern to Hire goals in collaboration with the Education Department;
• Ensures consistency in standard IEC-wide Career Services structures and services such as professional development workshops for the students and graduates, regular accountability meetings with Career Services staff, and standard meetings and communication structures with other members of the campus and IEC community;
• Contributes to design and implementation of professional development programs and training for Career Services staff to aid in their effectiveness in externs and graduates career development, job search, job placement and externship/employment retentions as well as in employer business development;
• Develops and manages Advisory Board Meetings and makes recommendations to the Executive and Academic Committee regarding technical and career skills needed in the workplace;
• Maintains a positive and active relationship with employers in the community, sponsors on-campus recruiting, and hosts/participates in business and community-development events;
• Promotes and maintains alumni relations;
• Works collaboratively with campus functional departments;
• Provides market surveys on proposed new educational programs; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What you have:

• Some college preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of combined career services and management experience, with over one year of management experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong presentation skills.
• Effective problem resolution skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, with an emphasis in Excel and Outlook utilization to manage team priorities
• Ability to work effectively building and maintaining a team.
• Good general business knowledge and ability to effectively supervise and lead a team of professionals.
• Successful track record of placement activities in educational or staffing/recruiting environment.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to drive in the United States.

Perks:

We offer an exciting, fast-paced and dynamic work environment. In addition, full-time colleagues have a variety of benefits available that include; Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Coverage, a generously matched 401(k) plan, voluntary benefits and much more.

If changing students’ lives is also important to you, and you have the qualifications reflected above, we would love to hear from you!