Space Systems Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a Space Systems Engineer located in Chantilly, VA
. The successful applicant will work to provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex and technically challenging work.

Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate readiness reviews and evaluate acquisition milestone design documentation for adequacy, accuracy and completeness, identify cost, schedule and technical risks/opportunities, provide mitigation strategies through formal and informal comments, and determine readiness to proceed to the next program phase.
• Manage requirements processes to include review, evaluation, recommendation to approve/disapprove of verification products for Segment requirements and define verification methods in concert with SPO Divisions.
• Coordinate with mission users, stakeholders, and NRO Enterprise representatives to understand user needs and higher-level allocated requirements.
• Provide the SPO interface to adjunct payload government program offices and their industry partners.
• Support the documentation and maintenance of the collection system requirements baseline in automated tools such as DOORS.
• Lead Segment verification activities; assess adequacy of developer verification data and provide recommendations to the GPOC for approval or disapproval with clear commentary demonstrating the logic for the recommendations.
• Review, document and trace functional and interface requirements for the collection system, and coordinate with other engineers, FFRDC and developer personnel to resolve issues.
• Identify areas of risk to mission closure across collection, mission management, and mission processing.
• Support requirements activities across the NRO enterprise and with the development contractors.
• Based on user needs and higher level allocated Enterprise requirements, derive and flow down the error budgets and other requirements to System and Segment specifications.
• Coordinate proposed requirements changes across all SPO organizations and with mission analysis and acquisition teams to ensure completeness of review across the acquisition.
• Identify and assess segment-level impacts of new capabilities, including across specification, internal and external interfaces, and facilitate integration into the current program baseline.
• Support customer in CONOP development.
• Support initialization and on-orbit calibration and validation activities.
• Support ground site integration and test activities.
• Advise and mentor customer personnel regarding Segment architecture, specification, and verification and validation.
• Attend Segment level design reviews and program management reviews to assess design maturity, requirements compliance and to provide informed technical recommendations to the customer.
• Review verification evidence and test reports to support space vehicle level requirement verification and Pre-Ship Review (PSR) events.
• Review acquisition milestone design documentation for adequacy, accuracy and completeness, identify cost, schedule and technical risks/opportunities, and provide mitigation strategies through formal and informal comments.
• Support technical and programmatic reviews and meetings, as required.

Required Attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with 10-20 years of relevant experience
• TS/SCI with poly
• Understanding of DOD/IC satellite systems and architectures
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building, and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be independent and effective in a government/contractor team environment
• Experience in DOD/IC acquisition and program management processes
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated sustained superior performance
• Available to travel domestically

Desired Attributes:

• Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with emphasis on MBSE
• Prior Program Office experience
• Previous experience developing technical specifications for space systems