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Space Systems Experts/Engineers
| Company | KBR |
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| Location | El Segundo, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $160000 – $185000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Master of Science degree in related science field (orbital mechanics, space physics, etc) and five+ (5+) years or more experience
- Expertise in technical requirements development, systems engineering lifecycle, and application to DoD space system acquisition processes
- Proficient in requirements verification and validation for specific space system components and subcomponents to include orbitology, navigation, sensor employment, communications, optimization, and command and control
- Active Top Secret SCI
- Recognized demonstrated leadership skills in the Aerospace or DoD working across space and ground segment organizations
- Experience serving as a team lead, project leader, or program manager on performance-based contracts for the U.S. Government
- Highly adept with writing and delivering documents and briefings with effective communication skills and style that promote inclusivity of ideas as they pertain to working, interfacing, and leading multi-disciplined team of engineers
Responsibilities
- Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversees development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems
- Highly knowledgeable in payload integration, sensor employment, and application of orbital mechanics as they impact space operations, CONOPS development, and mission planning
- Performs system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems and their deployment into on-orbit operations
- Ability to over communicate clearly and in a collaborative manner with mission partners on interface control documents
- Oversees requirements verification and validation processes and execution of them
- Makes space program risk assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the Chief Engineer and Program Manager
- Expertly collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and other contractor personnel
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP eligible
- Expertise in navigating dynamic and fast paced engineering acquisition program offices within the DoD
- DoD or NRO programs with a focus on space system architectures to include the ground segment layer
- Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and software engineering best practices
