Mission Systems Engineer

FTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support. To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy on our staff. We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focused on independent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Administration, Cyber Security and Linguistics.

FTS has an opportunity for a Mission Systems Engineer in Australia.

The Mission Systems Engineer will provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the integration of mission systems
• Oversee system engineering and technical execution of projects that cover hardware/software system development, test and final integration on customer platforms
• Conduct technical reviews and assessments of program development and readiness activities
• Coordinates recommendations with government stakeholders and supports program status reviews
• Identify and communicate system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, assumptions, mitigations, and dependencies
• Assist the government plan transition activities
• Develop and oversee test plans and methodologies to ensure confidence in meeting operational needs
• Develop assessments and recommendations, present to a variety of audiences
• Effectively communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with engineers from various contractors and government organizations

Required Skills/Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph
• BS/BA degree
• 9+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated success performing project management and systems engineering tasks
• Knowledge of SIGINT space and ground architecture including mission control and/or mission processing functions
• Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design to deployment, operations and maintenance, decommission; familiar with related control gates and associated documentation
• Experience with CONOPS and requirements development, systems analysis, interface control documentation, technical specification review, integration and testing; validation and verification
• Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics
• Impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment, polished communicator (written/verbal)
• Master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Outlook, MS Project

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline
• Knowledge of satellite constellations, spacecraft orbit, tasking process, and ground station characteristics
• Knowledge of SIGINT TCPED process
• US Space Force Command space operations structure
• MBSE/Digital Engineering, AGILE development, cloud technologies

FTS International, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer - vets/disabled.