Supports systems engineering and integration for SSC/PNT Enterprise and GPS control-segment capabilities. Responsibilities include requirements development, modernization analysis, risk mitigation, baseline-change assessment, engineering-process development, sustainment planning, technical documentation, briefings, and collaboration with government, contractor, Air Force, and Space Force stakeholders. Provides operational support for satellite subsystem maintenance, anomaly resolution, and special GPS activities.
Role: 2NWS Systems Engineer
Location: Schriever AFB, Colorado Springs
Clearance required: Secret, able to obtain TS/SCI
Duties:
- Directly supporting the SE&I Operations Lead
- Ensuring effective requirements integration across operational space and ground, hardware and software, and all other aspects of systems and organizations for control segment capabilities with an eye towards the weapon system operator
- Interacting with government leads to provide engineering analysis support and requirements development for system modernization
- Coordinating with the prime Contractor and government leads to generate and maintain system engineer process training with a goal of increasing efficiency.
- Support for the operations engineering element and the GPS Warfighter Collaboration Cell (GWCC) when required.
- Supporting the customer in defining, capturing, and developing risk mitigation courses of action and assessing impacts of risks and proposed changes
- Developing, documenting, executing, integrating, and evolving systems engineering processes as required to enable effective SSC/PNT Enterprise systems engineering and integration efforts
- Assessing proposed Enterprise baseline changes for impacts to operational system requirements and capabilities, and future sustainability
- Developing operations and sustainment related briefings, plans, papers, and other documentation in support of SSC/PNT Enterprise decision making
- Collaborating with prime contractors, other support contractors, government civilians, and members of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force
- Participating in Integrated Product Teams, Product Support Manager meetings, and other programmatic, operations, and sustainment activities
- On-call support of satellite subsystem maintenance, anomaly resolution, and special activities on GPS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience
- Extremely motivated individual who is a self-starter and works well in a diverse team environment
- Demonstrated experience working with Air Force/Space Force/DoW customers in an operations and sustainment environment, with Space Systems (especially at SSC)
- Experience writing and delivering technical documents, analysis, and briefings
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as being highly organized and able to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
- Active SECRET security clearance
Desired:
- GPS and/or USSF experience
- TOP SECRET/SCI
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