Sr. Systems Engineer Technical Specialist

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph required

 

Position

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites.

Develop. Acquire. Launch. Operate.

 

Apogee's ideal Sr. Systems Engineer Technical Specialist dedicated to supporting Indications and Warning (I&W) systems in a Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) capacity for major Enterprise Resiliency/Protection-related system acquisitions. The candidate will provide technical support by creating and assessing requirements, Concept of Operations (CONOPs), architecture products, system schedules, and risks for end-to-end integration and closure of the baseline for Space Protection-related activities in the overall Enterprise. This component of the Space and Mission Engineering Sector provides Enterprise Systems Engineering and Integration capabilities to a national intelligence acquisition and operations organization. The program supports full lifecycle acquisition across all mission domains of complex national systems architecture. SETAs provide the customer with the expertise needed to provide mission success. If you live and breathe Systems Engineering, then you'll love Apogee and this position!

 

What You'll Do

• Work collaboratively across stakeholder organizations to obtain system end-to-end closure of the protection Indications and Warning program by running system readiness events following approved processes for Integration and Closure (I&C)
  
• Interact with several government enterprise systems engineers and stakeholders, as well as multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and government and contractor stakeholders to drive resolution plans and strategies for complex technical challenges
  
• Support the Enterprise Resiliency Enterprise Program Manager (EPM) with strategic planning for future capability acquisition and insertion into the enterprise baseline based on countering growing threats

 

Required

• Requires 12-15 years' experience with BS/BA or 10-13 years with MS/MA or 10 years with a PhD in a STEM field
• Technical experience working with space-based sensors and systems
• Knowledge of space/ground/comm systems and sensor vulnerabilities
• A passion for learning, helping others, sharing team knowledge, and contributing value to the mission in any way possible
• Experience with large acquisition systems engineering efforts, methods, and processes
• Good business acumen; ability to relate professionally inside the work environment
• Understanding of the System Engineering “V” process and how Agile processes are impacting traditional acquisition
• Demonstrated technical leadership integrated engineering teams
• Experience with Systems Engineering and all related functional disciplines (Analysis, VV&T, etc) therein
• Experience developing and conducting briefings for senior level customer stakeholders
  
• Solid communications skills coupled with a strong technical background is imperative to interfacing with customers, directorate/office representatives, and across system engineering groups for System of Systems integration
  

Desired Skills

• OCSMP certification (level 1 or greater); Experience with MBSE, SysML applications, digital tools, Confluence, and Jira
• Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) customer or Department of Defense (DoD)
• Knowledge of Ground systems and overall space and ground architecture
• Awareness of mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
• Experience with Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground architecture
• Experience identifying user & enterprise needs/requirements and gap identification, analysis, and assessment
• Experience in requirements engineering, CONOPS development, verification, test, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering in support of customer's missions
• Proven adaptability and experience with daily interaction on-site with the government customers
• Knowledge of Spac