Space Sys Engr Springfield VA TS​/SCI

Space Systems Engineer

Position Location:

Springfield

Description:

The KPMO Space Systems Engineer employs a multi-discipline approach to Space, requirements engineering, solutions engineering, reliability, resiliency, services deployment, research & development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across CAP/SAP architectures in the NSG and the DoD/IC to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. Candidates will be required to sign additional NDAs and provide proof of OCI for performance in the KPMO programs.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), Configuration Management Plan (CMP) and other engineering documentation

• Develop and maintain standard acquisition documentation for KPMO portfolio including standardized requirements documentation and processes

• Implement repeatable processes and procedures for transitioning new technologies and integrating new applications into KPMO infrastructure

• Participate in requirements development and configuration baseline documentation

• Provide evaluations of proposed industry solutions to identify innovative and new technologies to prototype and transition into the KPMO program

• Provide baseline requirements (RFCs, ICDs, standards) support to include the full breadth of NGA and Joint Mission Partner requirements coordination meetings and initiatives to transition R&D capabilities to KPMO operations

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI Clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or 6 years related technical experience in fields such as space, physics, mathematics

• Experience with Space Systems

• Experience with Integrated Protection Strategy (IPS)

• Demonstrated experience with threats including SOSI, Radar and Optical sensors, Command and Control (C2), Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3), orbital analysis, and Offensive Space Control/Defensive Space Control (OSC/DSC)

• Experience dealing with data and data sources that exist at multiple classification levels

• Experience dealing with space environment and space to ground including threats to assets; track de-confliction of remote sensing
Desired

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated understanding of the following standards:
o ANSI/EIA 632:
Processes for Engineering Systems
o IEEE 1220:
Standard for Application and Management of Systems Engineering
o IEE 24765:2017 – Systems and Software Engineering – Vocabulary
o ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017 – Systems and Software Engineering – Software Life Cycle Processes
o ISO/IEC 15288:
Systems Engineering – System Life Cycle Processes

• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages

• Experience with space object measurement and identification

• Experience with physics models to include the assessment of conservative/non- conservative forces, uncertainty/confidence estimation, space weather effects, break-up events and conjunction analysis techniques that scale to many-on-many objects and can be dynamically tasked