Principal Engineer, Space Special Projects

Required

• Active U.S. Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance
• Prior technical experience supporting DoD or IC customers
• Experience in architecting, developing, and delivering defense/IC satellite and space hardware and software systems.
• Experience in high dV spacecraft, dynamic space operations, space based sensing and understand mission operations for surveillance and reconnaissance at multiple orbits.
• Understanding of the recent/current technical state of key USSF and IC space systems and mission areas
• Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems with competing objectives (e.g., performance, schedule, openness, cybersecurity, MLS) into executable requirements and execution then delivering on those to meet government expectations
• Experience with spacecraft standards for qualification testing and acceptance testing to include the use of GEVS, SMC-S-016 (MIL-STD-1540), etc.
• Experience with US government space mission areas and associated CONOPS for successfully executing missions to enable space for the warfighter
• Design and development of space vehicle and payload architectures and detailed mission solutions to complex space domain challenges
• Strong technical communication skills, providing the ability to deliver critical technical briefings and conclusions to technical leadership, company leadership, and customers
• Strong technical fundamentals in space systems, space ground infrastructure, and product development
• $260,000—$345,000 USD