Senior Mission Engineer for Missile Warning & Space Systems

Vantor Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor Inc. in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Mission Engineer to shape and integrate mission engineering threads across missile warning and tracking systems.

You will define systems, interfaces, and dependencies, ensuring end-to-end kill-chain closure with space-based sensors and ground networks. You will collaborate with government partners, program offices, and engineering teams to translate mission needs into concrete requirements and address risks and gaps.

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years applying mission engineering, systems engineering, or systems-of-systems engineering to operational missions.
• 5+ years developing mission engineering threads, scenarios, or operational architectures.
• Experience conducting mission analysis to identify requirements, shortfalls, and integration challenges.
• Understanding of missile warning/tracking, space-based sensors, and ground systems.
• Knowledge of PNT, SATCOM, EW, MTI and their roles in mission execution.
• Experience identifying, documenting, and assessing risks and gaps.

Responsibilities

• Develop mission engineering threads, operational scenarios, and MET modules defining systems, interfaces, and dependencies for missile warning and tracking missions.
• Conduct mission analysis to identify operational requirements and integration challenges across end-to-end architectures.
• Identify, document, and assess risks, issues, and gaps affecting mission capabilities and dependencies.
• Translate mission needs into technical and integration requirements supporting end-to-end kill-chain closure.
• Evaluate dependencies across space-based sensors, ground systems, communications, data processing, and C2 architectures.
• Assess sensor integration and contributions of PNT, SATCOM, EW, and MTI in integrated mission execution.
• Develop assessments and recommendations to address capability shortfalls and improve sensor-to-C2 integration.
• Collaborate with government, program offices, engineering teams, and joint partners (Army/Navy) to define needs and address cross-system integration.

Skills

Mission engineering

Systems engineering

Systems-of-systems engineering

Operational mission analysis

Risk assessment

Requirements translation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Vantor Inc. in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Mission Engineer to shape and integrate mission engineering threads across missile warning and tracking systems.

You will define systems, interfaces, and dependencies, ensuring end-to-end kill-chain closure with space-based sensors and ground networks. You will collaborate with government partners, program offices, and engineering teams to translate mission needs into concrete requirements and address risks and gaps.