Space Domain Awareness SME - Orbital Analysis

Responsibilities

Peraton has a great opportunity for a Space situational awareness / Space Domain Awareness (SSA / SDA) Engineer in Alexandria, VA supporting our Intelligence Community (IC) customer. At the heart of national security, we've been embedded into this cutting-edge program, known as Skyfire, for nearly a decade where our team has tremendous opportunity for meaningful growth. You will be working in a rewarding, mission focused environment, cutting edge software design, development, and deployment, contributing to the protection and defense of national space assets. Your efforts will fundamentally change what Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Mission Protection means for our Nation. This position requires minimal travel. 

 

Skyfire is an SDA Indications and Warning (I&W) system. Its purpose is, find RSOs of interest, provide data to ground operators, and establish a repository of resident space objects (RSOs). Located in Chantilly, VA, the Skyfire team uses: programitics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system. 

 

The person in this role serves as a liaison among external stakeholders with diverse perspectives and the internal stakeholders of the project including the development and training teams. Provides subject matter and Skyfire expertise in support of the operator stakeholders at their work locations to answer questions, assist with development of operating procedures, and provide proficiency and on-the-job training. Provides operator perspectives and SME to other areas of the project including the development and training teams to ensure that operator and operational needs are understood. Provides support for exercises involving the use of Skyfire by supporting operator use of Skyfire during the exercise and coordination and troubleshooting as needed among all stakeholders including operator, operational support, and development teams to achieve the exercise goals.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with Ph.D. Additional relevant years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Five (5) specific SSA / SDA experience
• Two (2) years Orbital Analysis and space operations experience
• Must have experience in communicating with all levels of leadership
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- Contract requires TS/SCI with poly   The candidate must maintain the clearance. 

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with loosely organized groups of client and other contractor stakeholders toward achieving shared objectives
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Instructor experience
• Experience working with agile software development projects with exposure to all phases of software lifecycle, requirement to operations
• SSA / SDA system integration experience

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.