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Space Systems Engineer

Employer
Peraton
Location
Springfield, VA
Closing date
Dec 4, 2021

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Peraton OverviewPeraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.As a government contractor, Peraton abides by the following provisionPay Transparency Nondiscrimination ProvisionThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).ResponsibilitiesDescription:The KPMO Space Systems Engineer employs a multi-discipline approach to Space, requirements engineering, solutions engineering, reliability, resiliency, services deployment, research & development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across CAP/SAP architectures in the NSG and the DoD/IC to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. Candidates will be required to sign additional NDAs and provide proof of OCI for performance in the KPMO programs.Responsibilities include:Develop and maintain Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), Configuration Management Plan (CMP) and other engineering documentationDevelop and maintain standard acquisition documentation for KPMO portfolio including standardized requirements documentation and processesImplement repeatable processes and procedures for transitioning new technologies and integrating new applications into KPMO infrastructureParticipate in requirements development and configuration baseline documentationProvide evaluations of proposed industry solutions to identify innovative and new technologies to prototype and transition into the KPMO programProvide baseline requirements (RFCs, ICDs, standards) support to include the full breadth of NGA and Joint Mission Partner requirements coordination meetings and initiatives to transition R&D capabilities to KPMO operationsQualificationsRequired Qualifications:Active TS/SCI Clearance w/SSBI within 5 years.Bachelors degree in Engineering or 6 years related technical experience in fields such as space, physics, mathematics6+ years of technical experience in fields such as space, physics, mathematics, systems engineering/systems integrationExperience with Space SystemsExperience with Integrated Protection Strategy (IPS)Demonstrated experience with threats including SOSI, Radar and Optical sensors, Command and Control (C2), Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3), orbital analysis, and Offensive Space Control/Defensive Space Control (OSC/DSC)Experience dealing with data and data sources that exist at multiple classification levelsExperience dealing with space environment and space to ground including threats to assets; track de-confliction of remote sensingDesired Qualifications:Demonstrated understanding of the following standards:ANSI/EIA 632: Processes for Engineering SystemsIEEE 1220: Standard for Application and Management of Systems EngineeringIEE 24765:2017 Systems and Software Engineering VocabularyISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017 Systems and Software Engineering Software Life Cycle ProcessesISO/IEC 15288: Systems Engineering System Life Cycle ProcessesExperience with Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languagesExperience with space object measurement and identificationExperience with physics models to include the assessment of conservative/non-conservative forces, uncertainty/confidence estimation, space weather effects, break-up events and conjunction analysis techniques that scale to many-on-many objects and can be dynamically tasked

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