Senior GEOINT Space Operations Engineer

KBR Careers; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR’s National Security Solutions team seeks a GEOINT Operations Systems Engineer to support a dynamic space program in Chantilly, VA. You will help acquire and deploy next-generation space assets, including a first-of-a-kind satellite constellation with ground-breaking technology, and work with a mission-focused team.

The role requires experience in satellite operations, tasking, metrics collection, and image dissemination.

Qualifications

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI security clearance with current Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics, and 8+ years’ experience.
• Masters or PhD in a relevant technical field.
• Space Systems: Experience with space systems design, development, and operations to include tasking, metrics collecting, and image dissemination.
• IC Community: Experience with the Intelligence Community (IC) and/or the Department of Defense.
• Payloads: Experience with IC architectures, spacecraft, and payloads.
• Lead: Ability to lead and be the primary point of contact for one or more projects.
• Skills: Effective interpersonal skills and strong customer engagement.
• Communication: Ability to communicate complex technical subjects to a diverse audience.
• Environment: Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, integrated team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide operations planning and execution support.
• Develop and coordinate operations transition plans for large constellations.
• Provide support to anomaly resolution.
• Support development and evaluation of CONOPS for GEOINT missions.
• Interface with mission users, operators, and analysts to translate operational needs into system requirements.
• Assess system performance from an operational and mission-effectiveness perspective.
• Support exercises and operational evaluations.
• Provide on-call support.
• Provide proactive support to Government customers in an integrated office environment.
• Participate in full lifecycle acquisition and SE activities from pre-acquisition through launch and on-orbit checkout.
• Author, review, and coordinate documents and briefings to aid Government communications and decision-making.
• Provide support for dissemination of imagery products.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI with poly

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics

Master's or PhD in a relevant technical field

Tools

IC architectures

Spacecraft payloads

Job description

KBR’s National Security Solutions team seeks a GEOINT Operations Systems Engineer to support a dynamic space program in Chantilly, VA. You will help acquire and deploy next-generation space assets, including a first-of-a-kind satellite constellation with ground-breaking technology, and work with a mission-focused team.

The role requires experience in satellite operations, tasking, metrics collection, and image dissemination.