Senior Advanced Systems Engineer- PWSA Mission SE
Scottsdale, AZ
Contract Position
This position is supporting the next generation in developing mission critical systems for our national defense. You would be a part of creating the most effective and state of the art technologies for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance supporting the Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Forces, and other Federal Government agencies working with our military.
If you are interested in meaningful work on the newest innovations in defense,
we invite you to join our team!
Responsibilities:
- Perform on the Tranche 1 (T1) Operations and Integration (O&I) program.
- Work on the PWSA program occurs at three levels: Enterprise, GS, and GMI.
- The Enterprise level, comprises Ground Segment (GS), Space Segment (SS), and User Segment (which includes mission systems) work and is tranche agnostic.
- The Ground Segment level, comprises our ground development and integration responsibilities such as SUPERNOVAs, NOVAs, ground entry points (GEP), and associated ground networks.
- It started at T1 with the O&I program, carries on in T2 with the GMI program, and will continue in T3 and beyond.
- The GMI level, is work on T2 SUPERNOVAs and T2 GEPS.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
- Secret security clearance is required within a reasonable amount of time after hire
- Preferred Experience:
- Satellite communications knowledge
- Ground to Satellite communication knowledge
- Ground operations experience
- Technical Background:
- Demonstrated Satellite communications knowledge
- Satellite constellation contact planning experience
- Ground operations experience
- Performs design of networks, with working knowledge of networking protocols
- Performs detailed technical analyses for a software subsystem or system elements
- Experience in Software functional analysis and interface definitions, including Application Programing Interface experience
- System Engineering Experience:
- Researches and analyzes data, such as vendor products, COTS components, GFE/CFE, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
- Performs requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, and system design and definition.
- Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle
- Facilitates discussions with senior levels of Customer Stakeholders