Senior Test Engineer

Overview

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized “Great Place to Work”, has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.  

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers’ critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.Stellar Solutions has an opportunity for a  Senior Test Engineer (TE) to support development of first-of-kind space vehicles and missions. This handpicked candidate must possess technical expertise and experience with developing, designing, building, and integrating space hardware and software.  

Role/Responsibilities/Qualifications

In this position, you will provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to the Space RCO at Kirtland AFB, NM. The Space RCO is one of three US Space Force acquisition organizations, and is the one specializing in delivering first-of systems to fill quick-turn needs to deliver operational capability to the USSF. For each project, they set up small, agile, and empowered teams to include program manager, technical specialists, contracting, finance, security, and the use right acquisition strategies to set the effort up for success. You will work in one of these small, highly empowered teams where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Serves as program advisory lead for extremely time critical technical projects, test projects, or tasks requiring appropriate level technical and project management expertise
• Coordinates and facilitates with internal and external stakeholders to identify and verify program needs and develop solutions and timelines to meet project goals
• Assists acquisition planning, market research, and drafting technical requirements and documents
• Helps the government assess the technical sufficiency, cost, quality, and timely delivery of program deliverables
• Confers with engineers to provide technical advice and to assist with problem resolution as needed
• Supports management and execution of programs consisting of multiple projects--ensures overall program is properly coordinated and efficiently accomplished with the best available resources
• Drafts, reviews, and edits final program reports, documents, and briefings
• Supports acquisition planning and development of documents required for systems acquisition
• Coordinates with external agencies to include operational units, higher headquarters, Combatant Command (COCOM) staffs, other acquisition activities, and research and development functions. This will include producing, tracking, coordinating all agreements and documentation necessary for SpRCO systems to transition seamlessly into a framework for organizing, training, and equipping the United States Space Force
• Supports and advises acquisition and program management functions, advises government management on design challenges, delivery, and integration, and supports system program reviews
• Works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently
• 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

Required skills:

• Minimum fifteen (15) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience
• Proven experience and/or qualifications in testing satellite systems
• Understanding of operational environment and corresponding mission user needs
• Knowledge of space system engineering, development, and manufacturing
• Experience with Developmental Test or Operational Test at Service or Command level
• Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management
• Experience with Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS)

Desired skills:

• Graduate from formal test and evaluation long course (USAF TPS, USN TPS, EMPIRE, EPNER)
• System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office
• Experience with rapid prototyping
• Experien