Field Support Officer (Test and Evaluation)

Dark Wolf is seeking a Field Support Officer (FSO) to join our Test & Evaluation (T&E) team. Serving as the critical on-site representative on DoD ranges and vendor trial sites, the FSO ensures non-traditional commercial technologies are validated efficiently against rigorous, defensible standards. This execution-focused role requires strong independent judgment, operational risk management expertise, and authoritative communication to bridge commercial innovation and military adoption. This position will require up to 50% travel. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Oversee daily range operations and test logistics. Coordinate instrumentation, telemetry, targets, airspace, and operator positioning to ensure test plans are executed precisely as written.
• Manage day-to-day execution of test events on military ranges, acting as the primary government-affiliated point of contact for range control, ground crews, and vendor staff.Enforce gating compliance—including airworthiness, flight releases, spectrum/emitter authorizations, cyber clearances, and range safety approvals—using Operational Risk Management (ORM) frameworks.
• Hold active stop-work/halt-event authority when operating envelopes or safety limits are exceeded. 
• Resolve range schedule shifts, resource dropouts, and unpre