Mission Protection Systems Engineer (OSS-INT)

Stellar Solutions; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Medical benefits

PTO payout options

Job summary

Stellar Solutions, located in Chantilly, VA, seeks a Mission Protection Systems Engineer to provide SETA support for protecting mission systems. You will understand current threats and develop mitigation tactics, while conducting training and on-site protection activities.

The role requires active US citizenship, TS/SCI with polygraph, and a STEM degree with 5+ years of relevant experience. Expect collaboration across multiple teams and non-standard duty hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen with active clearance and polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years relevant experience.
• Knowledge of satellite constellations, orbit, and ground systems.
• Understanding of RF fundamentals and vulnerability assessment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as protection SME; synchronize priorities with GPOC and teams.
• Plan involvement in internal/external exercises and wargames.
• Capture lessons learned to improve space operations protection.
• Collaborate with partners to inform protection decisions.
• Work with external SMEs to understand threat environment.
• Identify risks and provide analysis and recommendations.

Skills

US Citizenship

TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph

Bachelor's degree

5+ years systems engineering

Satellite operations knowledge

RF fundamentals

Independent work

Strong communication

Team collaboration

JP 5-0 awareness

DOD SAP eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Mission Protection Systems Engineer (OSS-INT)

Job Locations

US-VA-Chantilly

• ID: 2026-2050
• Category: Systems Engineer
• Type: Full-Time

Overview

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized \"Great Place To Work\", has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers' critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.

Role/Responsibilities/Qualifications

Stellar Solutions has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer located in Northern Virginia to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services focused on protection of mission systems. This position supports the customer by understanding the current and emerging threats; develops threat mitigation tactics, techniques and procedures; facilitates training and exercises and provides on-site mission protection support

The successful candidate will:

• Work as ops planning and protection SME; synchronizing priorities and activities through frequent interactions with the GPOC, the command and control and mission protection teams and key operations teams across the Enterprise
• Plan and organize involvement in internal and external exercises, and when necessary, wargames
• Capture lessons learned to improve space operations and protection efforts
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to equip operators and leaders to make decisions on protection related actions
• Collaborate with external SMEs to understand current and emerging threat environment
• Identify and capture risks, issues and opportunities for the customer and provide analysis and recommendations
• Produce and review and comment on documents related to new capabilities, concepts and integration efforts

Required Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph, and DOD SAP eligibility
• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years or more relevant experience
• Knowledge of satellite constellations, spacecraft orbit, and ground station characteristics
• Understands satellite operations and satellite components (bus and payload), RF Fundamentals and associated ground systems and approaches to assessing vulnerabilities
• Self-starter, reputation for successfully anticipating and proactively addressing customer requirements with minimal supervision; ability to manage multiple tasks and deliverables
• Effective communicator (written/verbal) with sound interpersonal skills and judgment; master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and with a team of contractors, SETA, FFRDC, and Government
• Support meetings during non-standard duty hours as required

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) or relevant field and nine (9) years or more relevant experience; Master in STEM or relevant field and seven (7) years of more relevant experience
• Experience using JP 5-0, Joint Planning, principles and/or products at the tactical and/or operational levels
• USAF Space Test School Graduate (or similar experience planning and assessing tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) against threat representative systems
• Experience as a spacecraft or ground systems operator
• Experience planning and operating against threats to spacecraft and/or other mission systems in real-world and/or mod/sim software
• Experience assessing counterspace threats (on-orbit, ground, cyber)
• Experience applying orbital mechanics to a dynamic orbital scenario
• Familiarity with various Systems Engineering and Program Management principles and constructs (Digital Engineering, Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE), AGILE Development, etc)
• Experience with Jira and Confluence

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a comprehensive total rewards package that includes an annual performance bonus, an employer-funded Profit-Sharing Plan (PSP) contribution based on base compensation, and comprehensive employer-paid medical benefits, PTO pay-out options, along with additional company-sponsored benefits. All of these benefits represent an additional 30-40% to your base compensation for a total compensation package.

Deliverable(s)

Deliverables will be in the format of reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents as directed by the Government. The nature of the work will, at times, require a quick response to stringent deadlines and always in a high quality, professional manner.