Senior Systems Integration & Test Engineer — SATCOM

Socket.dev; California (MO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package including 401K and医疗/

Job summary

KBR's National Security Solutions team in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Systems Integration and Test Engineer. You will provide independent SEI&T engineering and advisory support to the Space Force PTS-G program office, focusing on system-of-systems integration and prime contractor AI&T oversight to ensure mission readiness.

You will participate in government and contractor meetings, assess readiness, risks, and test maturity, and deliver technical assessments and actionable recommendations to

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in technical field such as engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science.
• 8+ years’ experience with SATCOM requirements development, AI&T, system testing, and production activities.
• Experience supporting program office technical, schedule, and cost activities, including risk and issue identification.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to develop solutions to complex technical issues under limited supervision.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey technical details clearly to government leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to identify priorities and execute tasks with minimal direction or supervision.
• Experience designing, analyzing, and assessing spacecraft and payload hardware to provide in-depth technical evaluations and identify risks.
• Experience designing, analyzing, and assessing SATCOM ground systems to provide in-depth technical evaluations and identify risks.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent systems engineering and technical advisory support to the U.S. Government Space Force PTS‑G Program Office.
• Focus on system‑of‑systems integration, prime contractor AI&T oversight, and government‑led systems integration and test activities.
• Support government decision-making by assessing technical readiness, integration risks, and test maturity across contractor and government systems.
• Participate in regular technical and programmatic meetings with government stakeholders and prime contractors, representing the government’s technical interests.
• Perform independent Space Vehicle AI&T technical assessments of prime contractor activities.
• Identify discrepancies between planned and actual technical performance, including impacts to cost, schedule, quality, technical margins and risk.
• Evaluate contractor AI&T readiness, test execution, and problem resolution effectiveness.
• Identify technical issues, anomalies, and risks, and assess downstream impacts to SoS integration and operational capability.
• Provide detailed written and verbal assessments of technical progress, integration maturity, and risk posture.
• Identify, elevate, and track technical and programmatic challenges requiring government attention.
• Develop and communicate clear, actionable technical recommendations to support key government program decisions.
• Examine system requirements that drive cost, complexity, or schedule risk, and identify potential alternatives to mitigate risk or improve affordability while preserving capability.
• Provide technical inputs to acquisition documentation, including Statements of Work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Compliance Document Lists (CDLs)
• Review proposed contractor changes to Class I documents, specifications, and compliance artifacts.
• Evaluate tailoring of compliance documentation and provide independent recommendations to the Government.
• Support test planning, verification, and validation activities related to SoS integration.

Skills

Security clearance

SATCOM AI&T experience

Program office experience

Problem solving

Communication

Independent worker

Spacecraft hardware analysis

SATCOM ground systems analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field such as engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science

Master’s degree in technical field such as engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science

Job description

KBR's National Security Solutions team in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Systems Integration and Test Engineer. You will provide independent SEI&T engineering and advisory support to the Space Force PTS-G program office, focusing on system-of-systems integration and prime contractor AI&T oversight to ensure mission readiness.

You will participate in government and contractor meetings, assess readiness, risks, and test maturity, and deliver technical assessments and actionable recommendations to