Space & Ground Satellite 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 Space & Ground Satellite Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA.

The Space & Ground Satellite Systems Engineer leverages Radio Frequency (RF) communications experience to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to a customer within the Intelligence Community (IC).

Responsibilities

• Lead technical objective development and decomposition, oversee development contractor's design, development, integration, and test of communications systems for experimental space systems
• Support COMMs systems integration and interface control management
• Provide technical advice on Satellite COMM system performance against requirements and specifications
• Support systems architecting and engineering activities such as system objectives definition, interface definition, design, interface management, systems integration, performance analysis, and development and refinement of concepts of operation
• Support COMMS system and component verification and validation
• Support the integration of secure COMMS capabilities to include. hardware cryptographic devices
• Make program risk assessments and provide actionable mitigation recommendations to the program manager
• Independently collaborate with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel
• Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversee development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate, and test Satellite COMMS systems
• Manages required COMMS related approvals and waivers to include spectrum management and others as appropriate
• Participate in program readiness and design reviews
• Ensure the R&D efforts are planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis including management of technical risks
• Support Program acquisition, source selection, and programmatic processes

Required Skills/Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph
• BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline
• 9 + years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated space systems engineering experience
• Experience providing acquisition support to include working budgets, schedules, contracts (drafting SOWs, CDRLs, RFPs) and supporting source selection efforts

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• Experience supporting varied portfolio projects with dissimilar technical focuses, ideally experience managing R&D projects
• Strong interpersonal skills with effective technical writing and briefing skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and energetic setting
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office applications
• Experience working at NRO SPO
• NRO Acquisition experience

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