Mission Engineering Analyst

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. seeks a Mission Engineering & Advanced Space Projects Analyst to support acquisition planning and development, hosted payload activities, and mission engineering. You will lead teams across studies, mentor engineers, and produce architecture artifacts for senior decision forums, while coordinating across stakeholders.

Required are a STEM degree and 6+ years in space, intelligence, or defense mission areas, plus ability to travel (<10%) and TS/SCI clearance. California pay ranges reflect market wages for government contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other STEM discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide acquisition support for Advanced Space Project planning and development, including strategies, procurement plans, and source‑selection docs.
• Maintain integrated views of cost, schedule, budget, and performance for hosted payload acquisitions; interface with contracting, engineering, and cost/schedule teams.
• Lead teams across studies, eliciting needs and requirements, mentoring engineers, and overseeing architecture artifacts and verification materials.

Skills

Project planning

Team leadership

Cross‑organizational collaboration

Security clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other STEM

Job description

Overview MTSI is seeking a Mission Engineering & Advanced Space Projects Analyst to support Advanced Space Project acquisition planning and development, hosted payload acquisition activities, mission engineering.

Acquisition Planning & Development

Provide acquisition support for Advanced Space Project acquisition planning and development, including generating recommendations for acquisition strategies, procurement plans, and source‑selection documentation. Develop and maintain acquisition artifacts such as project baselines, requirements traceability plans, memorandums of agreement, project management plans, and resource/policy implementation plans. Integrate analytical methods to evaluate program concepts, mission strategies, and system performance to inform cost, schedule, budget, and technical trade decisions. Lead development of architectures for modeling, simulation, and data tools, ensuring alignment with acquisition objectives, operational needs, and prototype mission use cases. Identify risks across operations, resources, networks, architectures, and mission areas to support strategic decision‑making regarding priorities, funding, requirements, and resourcing.

Hosted Payload Acquisition Support

Support hosted payload acquisition planning, including maintaining integrated views of cost, schedule, budget, and technical performance relevant to payload hosting agreements. Serve as a key interface between the program office and functional areas including contracting, technical engineering teams, cost/schedule analysts, and other program stakeholders. Apply skills such as program management, contracting knowledge, technical analysis, price analysis, and budget/cost management to ensure acquisition cohesion and program execution health.

Mission Engineering & Team Leadership

Lead project teams including Aerospace personnel, government customers, and contractors across concurrent studies, eliciting needs, requirements, constraints, and engineering inputs. Mentor early‑career and experienced mission engineers, guiding development of mission engineering capabilities to meet emerging customer demands. Oversee development of technical architecture artifacts, requirements verification materials, and strategic communication products for senior‑level program decision forums.

What You Need to Be Successful:

• Minimum Requirements (Engineering Specialist Level)
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other STEM discipline.
• 6+ years experience in space, intelligence, or defense mission areas.
• Experience with project planning, team leadership, and multi‑organization collaboration.
• Experience preparing and presenting strategic decision‑making products, technical architecture documentation, and engineering review artifacts.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, lead cross‑functional teams, and coordinate acquisition and technical activities across stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel (<10%).
• Active TS/SCI clearance (U.S. citizenship required).

The pay range for this position in California is $165,000/year to $205,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract wages, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors. MTSI also offers a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Base pay information is based on market location.