Counter Space Payload Engineer

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted:

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum

Clearance Required:

TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

SAIC is seeking a Counter-Space Payload Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA. The Counter-Space Payload Engineer should understand both the technical and programmatic aspects of fielded and planned future technologies, including operational concepts, applied technologies, and system architectures, to facilitate the demonstration and transition of novel resiliency capabilities to operations across the counter-space threat continuum. The Counter-Space Payload Engineer should have specific experience in the design, development, and testing of satellite technologies designed to detect, protect from, and counter reversible and non-reversible threats.

The Counter-Space Payload Engineer should have experience with systems which operate across the electromagnetic spectrum, specifically, Radio Frequency (RF) and/or Optical wavelengths.

• Participation in program readiness and design reviews
• Analysis of system and subsystem-level counter-space threat technology effectiveness using various modeling and simulation tools
• Utilization of modeling and analysis tools to generate mission plans and activities in support of payload tasking
• Oversight of vendor conducted payload assembly, integration, and test campaigns
• Review of vendor developed technical materials and generation of findings and recommendations for Government action
• Advise the customer on the effectiveness of design, performance analysis, and test data for vendor developed technologies, payloads, and satellite systems

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• Bachelor's in electrical engineering or science discipline related to physics, engineering, or mathematics and nine (14) years or more experience;
  Masters and seven (12) years or more experience;
  PhD and four (9) years or more experience
• Experience with Intelligence Community and/or the Department of Defense single-domain and multi-domain architectures (Space, Air, Ground, etc.) for self-protection missions
• Understanding of satellite payload architectures and the employment of counter-space technologies down to the component-level (such as FPGAs, ASICs, and corresponding firmware implementation into larger payload hardware and software)
• Ability to develop link budgets and understand link parameters to assess effectiveness of payload operations
• Experience with Strategic Indications & Warnings (I&W) and/or SDA programs
• Experience in the design, development, deployment, and operations of Radar, Optical, and RF systems for the detection of counter-space threats
• Experience in utilizing analytical and modeling tools (e.g., STK, MATLAB, Simulink, etc.)

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government.

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