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SAIC · 3 days ago

Space Protection Mission Engineer

Chantilly, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Mission Engineer to join the Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The role involves serving as a subject matter expert coordinating with stakeholders for deployment of new protection capabilities into space operations and collaborating with a team to ensure system development and requirements verification.

Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Coordinate with external SPOs to develop a common space protection concept of operations that identifies capability requirements and required interfaces to enable satisfaction of their unique protection needs, while simultaneously liaising, as required, to build relationships and manage expectations

Advocate for enterprise capability needs at developer working groups, SPO’s internal decision forums, and other technical meetings to facilitate achieving capability delivery commitments

Shape strategy recommendations to include engineering and acquisition trades that meet enterprise’s demand for space protection capabilities within the program’s development priorities and budget profile

Serves as a SPO technical expert providing oversight for software development, implementation, and deployment of ground processing system capabilities that are 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 the integration of ground processing systems with space systems

Produce technical materials depicting SPO’s development progress in support of stakeholder equities in preparation for stakeholder’s NRO oversight and/or other readiness events, as required

Support the Contracting Officer Technical Representative(s) and developers to refine requirements, designs, and testing capabilities to meet user needs

Qualification

Space Domain AwarenessGovernment System EngineeringRequirements DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesConfluenceJIRA

Required

Bachelor's and 9 or more years of experience; master's and 7 or more years of experience; PhD and 4 or more years of experience

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly

Experience in Government System Engineering disciplines, including requirements development and management, readiness, and testing

Experience developing, testing, or fielding space and/or ground software systems

Familiarity with Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, activities, or operations

Preferred

Experience in SDA and the Indication and Warning (I&W) mission areas

Experience supporting NRO SIGINT or GEOINT SPOs and/or familiarity with SIGINT/GEOINT operations

Familiarity with NRO's System's Engineering Directorate (SED) and its Requirements Development/Management, RFC, and Lifecycle Readiness processes

Familiarity with Agile development methodologies including participation in scrums, development of solution epics/features, and continuous integration/continuous deployment

Familiarity with Confluence and JIRA