Senior Systems Engineer; Onsite

Senior Systems Engineer – Satellite Operations & Maintenance

Location:

Alexandria, Virginia

• Monitor system health and performance of critical hardware systems supporting key customer operations and collections.
• Ensure required system maintenance activities are functional and meet documented timing and performance results.
• Report and document anomalous system performance and collaborate with team members to validate operational performance.
• Implement workarounds and contingency plans to minimize impacts of system anomalies.
• Develop troubleshooting and recovery plans to address system discrepancies and restore mission capabilities.
• Maintain technical knowledge of formal procedures associated with system maintenance, troubleshooting, and recovery.
• Provide O&M training, mentoring, trending and analysis, procedure development, data collection, fault isolation, and perform real‑time manual actions to restore system capabilities.
• Work closely with delivering factories to support development activities, installation of ground software deliveries, and special test configurations.
• Cross‑train in other operator positions as assigned and mentor & train other personnel on the contract team.
• Lead interactions and support all missions, including the initialization of new missions.
• Work in an adaptable small team environment (3‑7 people).

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of related engineering experience or equivalent experience.
• Experience with training and certification in an operational position.
• Technical experience monitoring system state of health and performance assessment for operational hardware systems.
• Experience identifying and resolving system performance issues.
• Active and transferable TS/SCI CI Poly U.S. government‑issued security clearance required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Leadership skill to drive engineering projects.
• Operational experience with mission planning or mission management.
• Proficient use of both Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Experience with Perl, Python, VBA, and/or other scripting languages.
• Experience using the Microsoft Office suite.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Additional benefits including parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Relocation assistance available.

Salary range: USD 86,.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.