Space Mission Engineer: Ground & Space Systems Lead

Trinzic

Chantilly (VA)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 163,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible spending account

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Career development

Job summary

KBR’s Mission Engineer (Space) role is for the Government Intelligence Community workstream, located on-site with minimal travel near Chantilly, VA. You will serve as SME and SPO representative coordinating with contractors and stakeholders to deploy new space protection capabilities, covering requirements verification, testing, and mission validation.

Ideal candidates have a TS/SCI clearance, a STEM degree, 8+ years in government programs, and experience in space/ground software and SDA

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Bachelor of Science in a STEM field.
8+ years supporting a Government acquisition program office.
Experience in Government System Engineering disciplines, including requirements development, readiness, and testing.
Experience developing, testing, or fielding space and/or ground software systems.
Familiarity with Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, activities, or operations.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with external SPOs to develop a common space protection concept of operations that identifies capability requirements and required interfaces.
Advocate for enterprise capability needs at developer working groups, SPO’s internal decision forums, and other technical meetings to facilitate capability delivery.
Shape strategy recommendations to include engineering and acquisition trades that meet enterprise’s demand for space protection capabilities.
Serves as a SPO technical expert providing oversight for software development, implementation, and deployment of ground processing system capabilities integrated with the NRO space enterprise.
Collaborate with other SMEs to develop technical plans and documentation, advise the customer on technical progress of the acquisition, and support integration of ground processing systems with space systems.
Produce technical materials depicting SPO’s development progress in support of stakeholder equities for NRO oversight and readiness events.
Support the Contracting Officer Technical Representative(s) and developers to refine requirements, designs, and testing capabilities to meet user needs.