Mission Protection Systems Engineer

Overview

VTG is seeking a Mission Protection Systems Engineer in Chantilly, Va.

What will you do?

This position provides Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to customer's efforts via CONOPs and requirements development, mission integration, launch and initialization, flight operations, and protection of mission systems. The successful candidate will:

• Perform technical analyses of mission systems and related protection activities; document, and present findings and recommendation
• Provide subject matter expertise on satellite (bus and payload) development lifecycle, constellation; integration, transition to operations
• Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technologies
• Analyze concepts of operations, user requirements, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements
• Collaborate with the government, SETA team members, development contractors, and FFRDC to address customer priorities
• Effectively communicate and interface with engineers from various contractors and government organizations; prepare and present briefings to customer on technical topics when requested

Do you have what it takes?

Required:

• Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or relevant field, and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters in STEM or relevant field, and seven (7) years or more experience
• Knowledge of satellite operations and satellite components (bus and payload) and associated ground systems; and related mission protection topics
• Experience in operational readiness, rehearsals, and system testing
• Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design to deployment and operational maintenance
• Experience with requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, architecture and CONOPS development
• Experience in mission operations environment - ops tempo, performance characterization, utility analysis, system calibrations
• Expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics; succinctly captures issues for the customer and provides analysis and recommendations
• Polished communicator (written and verbal) with impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment; readily generates consensus or path forward on challenging topics.
• Self-starter, anticipates and proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; ability to manage multiple tasks and deliverables
• Excellent data management skills and use of appropriate tools, such as MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, etc.

Desired:

• Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft or ground systems operator
• Familiar with MBSE/Digital Engineering, AGILE development, cloud technologies
• Experience with Jira, Confluence