Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized “Great Place To Work”, provides engineering solutions for innovative space companies, manufacturers, operators, service providers, and investors in the space industry.

We offer talented, energetic resources that immediately contribute to systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management, and strategic planning. We are a leading provider for high‑tech commercial ventures spanning communications, earth observation, and remote sensing, as well as the infrastructure supporting earth‑orbiting and beyond‑earth‑orbit businesses.

Stellar Solutions is searching for a Senior Program Management and Acquisition Support professional to support the development of first‑of‑kind space vehicles and missions. The candidate will oversee the development, design, and production of a DoD acquisition program at the contracted vendor location, providing recommendations to the program office to ensure the vendor stays on schedule and within cost while meeting key performance parameters.

• Serve as program advisory lead for extremely time‑critical technical projects, test projects, or tasks requiring appropriate level technical expertise.
• Assist acquisition planning and drafting technical requirements and documents.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to verify program needs and identify deliverables to meet project goals.
• Execute cybersecurity activities to achieve accreditation of network systems used to connect satellite antenna and control systems to cloud‑hosted satellite operations systems.
• Support the design of network communication systems that connect satellite operational components distributed around the world.
• Help the government assess the technical sufficiency, cost, quality, and timely delivery of program deliverables.
• Confere with engineers to provide technical advice and assist with problem resolution as needed.
• Support the management and execution of programs consisting of multiple projects—ensuring overall program coordination and efficient accomplishment with the best available resources.
• Aid in the development of a monthly status report on all support efforts, including updates in status and performance, major activities, challenges and opportunities, deliverables, and contractor performance.
• Draft, review, and edit final program reports, documents, and briefings.
• Support acquisition planning and development of documents required for systems acquisition.
• Support and advise acquisition and program management functions; advise government management on design challenges, supply‑chain and production challenges, delivery, and integration; and support system program reviews.
• Work on high‑visibility or mission‑critical aspects of the program and perform all functional duties independently.
• Oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.
• Translate complex ideas and data into simple, actionable recommendations or clearly differentiated courses of action.
• Communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy—oral and written.
• Support a customer charged with rapidly delivering first‑of‑their‑kind operational space capabilities that protect space assets and defend joint forces from space‑enabled attacks.
• Respond quickly to stringent deadlines in a high‑quality, professional manner.

• Minimum ten (10) years of relevant experience on space development programs for the DoD or IC.
• Experience in the development and fielding of satellite systems through assembly, integration, and test.
• Experience with Space Vehicle and subsystem integration.
• Experience in DoD acquisition management.
• Understanding of operational environment and corresponding mission user needs.
• Experience analyzing and developing contract data requirements lists and deliverables.
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules and risk management.

• Fifteen (15) years of relevant experience on space development programs in the DoD or IC.
• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs.
• Experience as a SETA in a government program office.
• Experience…