Senior Space Systems Engineer

You are Confident in your technical and leadership capabilities, willing to continue learning new technologies as mission needs morph, and desire to work on-site in Colorado Springs, CO, side-by-side with our teammates and customers helping to oversee small, agile teams. You will Help lead the delivery of software and analysis products from multiple teams to the Space Security and Defense Program’s Space Control, Space Domain Awareness, and Threat Assessment Divisions. Interact with other contractors and government personnel to produce USSF Force Designs. Analyze current and future system capability to inform USSF Force Design efforts. Guide the development of those systems through requirements generation, attending design reviews, and shaping test campaigns. Identify studies to mitigate risks and capability gaps; perform analysis of proposed capabilities, changes, and potential alternative designs to assess performance against campaign level requirements. You have

• Experience in design, development, analysis, or acquisition of entire space systems, including subcomponents
• Experience in multiple space operations and space control-related fields, including but not limited to orbit dynamics, rendezvous and proximity operations, navigation, sensor employment, communications, optimization, and command and control
• Experience in managing and/or mentoring young engineers
• Demonstrated System Engineering skills
• Bachelor of Science in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical engineering, math and/or physics.
• US Citizenship
• Active TS and SCI eligible
• Willing to consent to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph examination
• The ideal candidate will have 10 to 20 years of experience