Senior Space Systems Engineer - Acquisition & Integration

Socket.dev; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Senior Space Systems Engineer – Acquisition & Integration to provide senior systems engineering, technical advisory, and acquisition support for national security space programs. You will guide planning, architecture assessments, and transition of capabilities from development into operations.

This role emphasizes leadership across government and industry partners, risk management, and delivering executive-level analyses to inform decision-makers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, CS, Math, or STEM.
• 12+ years of national-security space/defense acquisition experience.
• Experience advising DoD/USSF/Intelligence Community on space programs.
• Senior technical advisor to government program offices.
• Experience leading systems engineering and integration activities.
• Strong understanding of SE lifecycle, requirements, architecture, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior systems engineering and acquisition advisory for SBST and related space capabilities.
• Advise on technical planning, requirements, architecture evolution, and transition to operations.
• Lead cross-organizational coordination to resolve technical issues and risks.
• Develop system requirements, architecture products, interface docs, and acquisition materials.
• Evaluate interfaces, ground-system integration, and mission-data flows.
• Assess operational readiness and sustainment as capabilities mature.
• Prepare executive technical reports, briefings, and risk assessments.
• Mentor junior engineers across multidisciplinary teams.
• Support strategy, reviews, and decision forums with independent analysis.

Skills

Systems engineering

Acquisition support

Architecture assessments

Executive briefings

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or STEM

Tools

MBSE

Digital Engineering

Job description

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Senior Space Systems Engineer – Acquisition & Integration to provide senior systems engineering, technical advisory, and acquisition support for national security space programs. You will guide planning, architecture assessments, and transition of capabilities from development into operations.

This role emphasizes leadership across government and industry partners, risk management, and delivering executive-level analyses to inform decision-makers.