Satellite Systems Engineer, Lead

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Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical expertise with big‑picture thinking to influence the next generation of national security space systems? You understand your customer’s mission environment and how to translate emerging needs into well‑defined technical requirements and acquisition strategies. Your ability to lead requirements development, analyze trade options, and evaluate technical proposals makes you a critical contributor to delivering a mission‑focused engineering solution.

If this sounds like you, come join Booz Allen’s strategic team supporting a top‑priority space program.

On our team, you will work with Booz Allen colleagues, government personnel, and other contractor partners to support the GPS program office in developing and fielding advanced satellite capabilities. You will lead the end‑to‑end requirements lifecycle, support government trade studies, ensure capabilities are properly captured in acquisition documentation, and guide the technical evaluation of contractor proposals. Once a solution is selected, you will help oversee contractor execution to verify that system designs and implementation align with mission needs, technical baselines, and program goals.

Your expertise and strategic insight will be essential to delivering resilient, modernized satellite capabilities that meet evolving threats.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

10+ years of experience performing systems engineering on DoD or national security space systems

5+ years of experience with satellite architecture, payload systems, bus subsystems, or space vehicle integration or operations

5+ years experience with major program reviews such as SRR, SDR, SFR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, FCA, or PCA

Experience executing or supporting trade studies for complex space system capabilities, including analysis of alternatives, technical feasibility assessments, and risk evaluation

Experience integrating capability needs into acquisition documentation such as specifications, system requirements documents, or RFP technical volumes

Experience supporting technical evaluations of contractor proposals, including evaluation criteria development, compliance assessment, and strengths and weaknesses analysis

Ability to work proactively and collaboratively across multi‑disciplinary teams and effectively communicate technical findings to senior stakeholders

TS/SCI clearance

Experience with GPS, PNT, NAVWAR, or satellite navigation systems

Experience with Model‑Based Systems Engineering or digital engineering tool chains

Experience developing acquisition program documentation for Major Defense Acquisition Programs

Experience supporting system‑level verification, validation, and certification activities

Knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle and milestones and DoD systems engineering, test, and production policies and practices

Knowledge of space vehicle manufacturing, integration, test, or launch readiness processes

TS/SCI clearance

Master’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Systems Engineering, Space Operations, or a related field

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ;
Secret clearance is required.

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