Launch Site Systems Engineer

Senior Launch Site Systems Engineer

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Launch Site Systems Engineer to join our team in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is an onsite position.

This position provides Launch Site Systems Engineering support to the U.S. Space Force Launch Vehicle Mission Assurance team to ensure the capability to provide launch services for Department of Defense (DoD) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions. This role offers deep technical engagement directly influencing the success of Assured Access to Space (AATS).

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Analyze Blue Origin processes and procedures including vehicle processing, test, and checkout for launch operations
• Monitor Blue Origin's anomaly resolution process, review risks, issues, and changes to support the government's efforts to track configuration changes, and support the Mission Assurance Team during operations by troubleshooting, tracking and reporting nominal and anomalous events
• Assess and evaluate Blue Origin's launch complex requirements, design, configuration changes and verification/validation documentation and provide risk recommendations to the government
• Observe Blue Origin's launch readiness reviews, Post-Flight Data Reviews, ground system performance reviews, and participate in technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and Chief Engineer Review Boards
• Closely collaborate with our internal Man Tech Cape Canaveral Software Engineering team to represent Engineering Verification needs for development into our launch verification matrix application

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field. 1.5 years relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of each 1 year of education/degree requirement
• 10+ years as a systems engineer, technical PM, or other related areas and 4 years DoD or launch/range experience
• Experience supporting launch vehicle procedures, testing, and mission operations during non-standard business hours/days with expectation to perform those duties over multiple attempts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) facilities, processes, providers and operations
• Proficiency with digital data and collaboration tools including Power Automate, Jira, Confluence, Mattermost, Power BI, Power Apps
• Proficiency in Data Analysis and Application Programming Interfaces
• Experience with launch site communication systems to include telemetry data, operational voice and video
• Experience contributing, participating, or acting as technical liaison to agile software development processes and languages
• Experience with Blue Origin or other launch service provider vehicles, launch complexes, or data systems

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have an active Secret security clearance.

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations.

MANTECH considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation. If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at and provide your name and contact information.