Senior Space System Engineer – Software Integration

Senior Space System Engineer – Software Integration

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Senior Space System Engineer – Software Integration

Belong. Connect. Grow. with K ! K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high‑end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

• Innovative Projects:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:
  Your contributions will be pivotal in successfully getting mission capability on orbit and shaping the future of space reconnaissance.

K  is searching for a senior Space System Engineer (SSE) professional to support development of first‑of‑kind space vehicles and missions. This handpicked candidate must possess technical expertise and experience with developing, designing, building, and integrating space system software to include in the space vehicle and ground systems to meet overall mission requirements. In this position, you will provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) located at Kirtland AFB, NM.

You will work in a small, highly empowered team where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program. Engineering responsibilities span technology domains including space-rated hardware, software, sensors, and processors in an extremely fast‑paced, responsive development environment. This SETA candidate will provide in‑depth background on software and architecture development, integration and testing for satellites, ground systems, and/or subsystems to improve program office insight into state-of-the-art IC, DoD, commercial and legacy space vehicle systems, and C2 requirements and capabilities.

• Supports design, interpretation, and analysis of technical solutions to complex projects
• Leads or supports technical programs, projects, or tasks whose technical complexity requires engineering oversight
• Ensures completion of programs, projects, or tasks within estimated time frames and budget constraints
• Provides input to the government customer concerning risks to performance, schedule, and budget due to either proposed contractor plans or contractor's execution of accepted plans
• Ensures the quality of the program, project, or task deliverables meet or exceed standards or metrics and assesses such deliverables to ensure that the final deliverables will meet the war fighting purpose for which they are intended
• Plans and performs engineering research, design development, and other engineering assignments in conformance with the design, engineering, and customer specifications
• Responsible for the overall technical/engineering portions of major projects or programs
• Coordinates with multiple partners/agencies to ensure system engineering communities support delivery milestones
• Tracks and advises design trades and associated cost, schedule, and technical impacts to requirements
• Works on high‑visibility or mission‑critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently
• Oversees the efforts of less senior staff and/or is responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job
• Translates complex ideas and data into simple, actionable recommendations or easily differentiated courses of action
• Communicates clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy—oral and written

• Minimum ten (10) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience
• Experience in the development and fielding software for space systems to include software architectures and requirements development for satellites and ground systems
• Understanding of space operational environment and…