Senior SATCOM Systems Engineer & Automation SME

World Wide Technology; Aberdeen (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing benefits

Paid Time Off

401k with Company Matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

World Wide Technology seeks a Senior Systems Engineer / Automation SME to support SATCOM IT engineering for DoD missions. You will design, develop, test, and sustain SATCOM capabilities while enabling automated testing in lab environments.

The role includes lifecycle engineering, multi-vendor testing, rapid prototyping, and interoperability testing, with opportunities to support DISN integration and secure remote access to labs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a relevant IT engineering or SATCOM engineering mission area.
• Experience developing and maintaining modular and documented baseline test documentation.
• Experience developing test automation scripts.
• Experience utilizing orchestration and scheduling tools.
• Experience with multi-vendor product testing and evaluation.
• Experience with rapid prototyping, PoC development, and interoperability testing.
• Experience providing secure remote access capabilities into virtual lab environments for testing and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of operational integration of SATCOM capabilities.
• Experience replicating and maintaining systems or subsystems within a lab environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Top Secret Clearance Required

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and support engineering and technical activities for SATCOM networking and IT systems supporting tactical and strategic users.
• Support the design, development, integration, testing, and sustainment of SATCOM capabilities across the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain SATCOM IT engineering documentation, including systems engineering plans, engineering change requests, lifecycle sustainment plans, and system architecture documentation.
• Develop and maintain modular baseline test documentation supporting lab testing and system validation.
• Design and implement automated test scripts and automation frameworks for repeatable testing and system validation.
• Utilize orchestration and scheduling tools to automate test execution and lab workflows.
• Conduct multi-vendor product testing and evaluation to support comparative product analyses and inform procurement or acquisition recommendations.
• Provide rapid prototyping, PoC, and interoperability testing to assess proposed multi-vendor solution architectures.
• Perform system installation and operational integration at SATCOM gateway environments worldwide as required.
• Provide Tier III engineering support and maintain lab environments that enable secure remote access for testing and troubleshooting.
• Evaluate vendor software and operating system releases, including cybersecurity vulnerability assessments and mitigation planning.
• Replicate and maintain satellite gateway systems or subsystems within a lab environment to support testing, troubleshooting, and engineering validation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate SATCOM capabilities ensuring reliable, secure, and efficient transmission of data, voice, and video across the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN).

Skills

SATCOM engineering

Test automation scripts

Orchestration tools

Multi-vendor testing

Secure remote access

System lifecycle engineering

Lab environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

World Wide Technology seeks a Senior Systems Engineer / Automation SME to support SATCOM IT engineering for DoD missions. You will design, develop, test, and sustain SATCOM capabilities while enabling automated testing in lab environments.

The role includes lifecycle engineering, multi-vendor testing, rapid prototyping, and interoperability testing, with opportunities to support DISN integration and secure remote access to labs.