Senior Space System Engineer-Ground

Title:

Senior Space System Engineer-Ground

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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Space System Engineer- Ground will be a Hybrid role, and must be onsite in Chantilly, VA a few days a week.

• Supports design, interpretation, and analysis of technical solutions to complex projects

• Leads or supports technical programs, projects, or tasks whose technical complexity requires engineering rigure

• Ensures completion of programs, projects, or tasks within given time frames and budget constraints 

• Provides input to the government customer concerning risks to performance, schedule, and budget given proposed contractor plans or contractor's execution of accepted plans

• Ensure the quality of the program, project, or task deliverables meet or exceed standards or metrics and assesses such deliverables to ensure that the final deliverables will meet the warfighting purpose for which they are intended

• Plans and performs engineering research, design development, and other engineering assignments in conformance with the design, engineering, and customer specifications

• Responsible for the overall technical/engineering portions (ground) of major projects or programs

• Coordinates with multiple stakeholders to ensure system engineering communities support delivery milestones

• Tracks and advises design trades and associated cost, schedule, and technical impacts to requirements

• Work on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and perform all functional duties independently

• Oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job

• Translate complex ideas and data into simple, actionable recommendations or easily differentiated courses of action

• Communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy - oral and written

Work Environment:

• Location: On-site a few days a week, Hybrid role, must be able to commute to Chantilly VA

• Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%

• Working Hours: Standard

Qualifications:

Required:

• Minimum 15 years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience

• Knowledge of space system engineering, development, and manufacturing, emphasis on ground

• Exceptional qualifications in development and fielding satellite systems

• Understanding of space operational ground environment and corresponding mission user needs

• 5 years Experience in DoD program management including program acquisition, development, and transition

• Experience working with and using Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management tools

• Experience developing requirement for and writing Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS)

• B.S. in STEM degree

Desired:

• Ten (10) years of relevant DoD/IC and/or Industry work experience with SAP and/or SCI

• System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office

• Experience with rapid prototyping

• Experience with integrated air, space, ground, and cyberspace capabilities

• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining ground mission infrastructure and software

• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs

• Experience in planning and executing test campaigns for space systems

• Fluency with IC organizations

• M.S. in STEM degree

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40hrs

Basic Compensation:

The offered r