Training and Operations Support Team Member; -Orbit Space Domain Awareness; SDA) and Characterization
Listed on 2026-10-11
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Robotics
At K , we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. K employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. K is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of K 's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions. Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world.
Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.
Candidates who join K 's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.
Position OverviewK is seeking a Space-Based Training and Operations Support Team Member who will be responsible for representing the On-Orbit SDA and Characterization tool at the National Space Defense Center (NSDC), located at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. The On-Orbit SDA and Characterization tools (such as K ’s Space Defense Characterization and Control System (SDCCS) and Iron Stallion), are SDA analysis and visualization software platforms that focus on robust space intelligence operations, data integration, visualizations, and automated data analytics.
The position’s roles and function would include acting as the tool's operational Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of USSPACECOM and NSDC training, products, visualizations, and briefings and providing troubleshooting and incident resolution for USSPACECOM and NSDC operations; performing authoring and customizations for USSPACECOM and NSDC operational needs including providing real-time configuration changes as well as enhancing exercise and mission rehearsal planning, execution, and after action reporting for related activities;
and representing the tool in internal and external operational integration meetings. Applicants must be self-motivated, team-oriented, able to adapt to dynamic environments, and work with personnel from other organizations and companies.
- Responsible for introducing, educating, growing, integrating, and promoting the On-Orbit Space Domain Awareness and Characterization tool to personnel from USSPACECOM.
- Train Space Activity Synchronization officers to conduct orbital warfare analysis and understand space domain awareness (SDA) by conducting Resident Space Object (RSO) characterization and analysis of metric observations of Geosynchronous Orbit-based assets.
- Provide Mission Support duties by assisting in spacecraft anomaly resolution and baseline spacecraft configuration by conducting characterization operations of cooperative spacecraft.
- Present the On-Orbit Space Domain Awareness and Characterization tool's capabilities to space crew operators, multinational partners, and senior military leaders (e.g., Colonels, General Officers, SESs, etc.).
- Create tailored training curriculum that meets USSPACECOM operational mission needs to support Desired Learning Objectives (DLOs), Enabling Learning Objectives (ELOs), etc.
- Attend various coordination and planning meetings to understand, capture, and work to closure USSPACECOM operational requirements for the tool.
- Assist the USG and support USSPACECOM with planning, coordination, briefing, and execution of training and exercises in support of theater and global space operations.
- Plan and execute unclassified and/or classified training sessions for USSPACECOM and other operators of the tool.
- Monitor proper use and function of Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS).
- Ensure that local training regulations and applicable safety standards are followed by the training unit.
- Collaborate with analysts, operators, government customers, commercial…
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