Operations Engineer

FTS International, LLC; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 147,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Short Term and Long-Term Disability

Retirement and Savings

Learning and Development opportunities

Wellness programs

Job summary

FTS International, LLC in Las Cruces, NM seeks an Operations Engineer to support the full lifecycle from concept to deployment and operations. You will analyze concepts of operations, participate in design reviews, and coordinate with satellite operators to ensure valid procedures through launch and initialization.

The role requires a TS/SCI with polygraph, a STEM engineering degree, and 9+ years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Clearance TS/SCI with polygraph required.
• BS STEM in an engineering discipline.
• 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven full system engineering lifecycle experience.
• Experience managing mission-system projects.
• Ability to work independently across government customers.
• Strong written and verbal communication; capable of briefings to senior managers.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise on satellite and ground development lifecycle.
• Support operational readiness, rehearsals, and system testing.
• Document, present findings from analyses.
• Assist customers in applying mission resources.
• Provide technical leadership for integration of requirements, design, and technology.
• Analyze concepts of operations and high-level architectures to develop system requirements.
• Collaborate with SETA teams, developers, and customers.
• Brief or present technical topics to customer leadership when requested.
• Coordinate with government personnel and contractors across sites to address risks or opportunities.
• Operate effectively in a dynamic, multi-organizational environment.

Skills

TS/SCI with polygraph

9+ years of relevant experience

Full system engineering lifecycle

Project management

Independent worker

Polished communicator

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

BS STEM in engineering

Job description

FTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support. To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy on our staff. We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focused on independent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis.

FTS has an opportunity for an Operations Engineer in Las Cruces, NM.

The Operations Engineer will be involved throughout the development lifecycle by analyzing and developing concepts of operations, requirements, participating in design reviews, analyzing test results during verification and validation, coordinating with satellite operators to ensure validity of operational processes and procedures, through vehicle launch and initialization.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise of satellite (bus and payload) and ground development lifecycle, integration, and transition to operations
• Experience in operational readiness, rehearsals, and system testing
• Perform technical analyses; document, and present findings
• Assist Customer in the application of mission resources
• Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology
• Analyze concepts of operations, user requirements, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements
• Collaborate with SETA team members, development contractors, and customer forums
• Effectively communicate and interface with engineers from various contractors and government organizations; prepare and present briefings to customer on technical topics when requested
• Collaborate with government personnel and other contractors (often across multiple sites and organizational levels) to provide unbiased analysis and recommendations on courses of actions to address risks/issues or approaches to exploit an opportunity
• Understand and operate in a dynamic, multi-organizational environment

Required Skills/Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph
• BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline
• 9+ years of relevant experience
• Expertise in full system engineering life cycle from concept, requirements, design & development, to deployment and operational maintenance
• Experience with project management supporting the delivery, integration, and transition of mission systems and/or mission applications
• Ability to work independently to support multiple government customers and large, complex projects to address organization’s needs throughout system development lifecycle
• Self-starter, proactively address customer requirements without supervision, readily define solutions for broad, abstract topics
• Polished communicator (written/verbal), impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment, and comfortable briefing or communicating with senior government managers
• Strength in collaborating and coordinating with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• Real-time operations experience as a GEOINT spacecraft operator, spacecraft engineer, or ground systems operator, familiarity with space operations and policies, ground operations, and system requirements/governance policies
• Experience supporting Enterprise test activities, including representing stakeholder interests, ensuring operational requirements are integrated into test planning and execution, and identifying and deconflicting resource constraints
• Familiar with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile development, cloud technologies

Expected Salary Range:

Expected Salary Range: $147,000 - $155,000 per year. Placement within the range is determined by qualifications, job-related criteria, experience, internal equity and market considerations. In addition, FTS International, LLC has benefits offerings in addition to salary to include Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

FTS International, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer - vets/disabled.