Mission Engineering Specialist – Senior Mission Engineering Specialist

Role Overview

• Design and develop system of systems and enterprise engineering MBSE models and mission engineering principles to capture end-to-end mission threads
• Develop and integrate analytical methods and tools to evaluate program and mission strategic concepts to influence solution conceptual designs for performance, risk, and resilience to disruptive events or threats
• Lead development of architecture for modeling, simulation, and data tools and their interactions, defining concepts of operations and use cases, and overseeing implementation to ensure that intended objectives are met
• Lead and develop models and analysis to identify risks in new capabilities. The analysis will include strategic assessments, operations, resources, networks, and data across the national security space enterprise. The recommendations will inform customer decisions on priorities, funding, requirements, and resourcing for organizations, systems, and training
• Lead project teams comprising Aerospace, customer, and contractor personnel on multiple concurrent projects to elicit and identify needs, requirements, and constraints for studies and marshal technical expertise in multiple technical disciplines and domains to enable concurrent engineering approaches
• Mentor early career and experienced staff, serving as a role model and technical advisor to an exceptionally talented and highly motivated cadre of mission engineers to develop department capabilities and meet emerging demands for department expertise

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in a technical field
• Substantive experience in space, intelligence, and/or defense domains, typically 4 or more years
• Proficient with engineering and analytic capabilities such as Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) or modeling and simulation
• Experience with project planning and team leadership
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with customers, Aerospace program offices, and contractors; to collaborate with other functional organizations within Aerospace
• Experience developing and presenting strategic decision-making and strategic communications artifacts for senior-level management and technical architecture design artifacts for engineering-level reviews
• Time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and to organize and lead cross-functional, cross-organizational teams to execute studies and assessments
• Willing to travel domestically < 10%
• This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the US government.
• U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
• In addition, minimal requirements for Senior Engineering Specialist: Bachelor of Science degree in a technical field, or a bachelor’s degree and equivalent technical experience
• You must have substantive experience in space, intelligence, and/or defense domains, typically 8 or more years
• Demonstrated experience with project planning and team leadership
• Exhibits exceptionally high level of innovation, creativeness, and initiative.

Tech Stack

• TypeScript

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect