Title:
Launch Integrator
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Launch Integrator
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: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
- 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 successfully getting mission capability on orbit and shaping the future of space reconnaissance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assists the Government in developing Launch Vehicle interface requirements and defining acceptable evidence and associated verification plans
- Assists the Government in developing launch base facility, transportation, safety, and communications requirements and associated verification plans
- Represents Program Office equities and participates in technical meetings and working groups with the satellite developer, the launch provider, and launch base personnel
- Represents the Government customer for all launch related issues and participates in launch rehearsals
- Provides on-site launch base support once the satellite arrives; serves as the Payload Processing Facility interface to the Program Office
- Supports the Program Office during Launch and Initialization (L&I) activities
- Evaluates all new entrant Launch Vehicles for applicability to the SPO’s mission
- Develops and maintains briefings and data submittals in support of OSL equities
- Drafts and reviews documentation concerning Launch Enterprise Portfolio and OSL Corporate Governance
- Develops agreements with external agencies or mission partners
- Develops, reviews and coordinates lower tier OSL portfolio management plans, baselines, and associated documentation, including Launch Vehicle (LV) Acquisition, non-LV Services Acquisition, and Launch Information Management portfolios.
- Develops technical acquisition documentation described in NRO Acquisition
Management policy and instructions.
- Provides leadership, develops documentation, and provides programmatic support in areas such as program/project planning, mission readiness, milestone preparation, execution, performance monitoring, and risk assessment and management.
- Maintains knowledge of OSL processes and tools used to manage requirements and their implementation, including launch communications and infrastructure roadmaps
- Assesses impacts of Headquarters, or External agencies policy, procedures, and reporting changes
- Develops schedules, manifests, and mission models, including multiple scenarios, impacts, and alternatives
- Provides Modeling and Simulation support including developing both technical and programmatic scenarios and associated data inputs and analysis
- Supports planning, integration, and acquisition for critical space launch support systems including systems-wide analysis with respect to sustainment, reliability, maintainability and availability
- Assesses impacts ranging from broad programmatic concepts to specialized mission requirements
Work Environment:
- Location: Hybrid
- Travel Requirements: Moderate (25% of the time)
- Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Engineering, Math, or related technical discipline with 10 or more years of experience
- TS/SCI with polygraph
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, programmatic, and problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with new entrant Launch Vehicles including ULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Firefly, and others to include understanding their performance capabilities, launch environments, and processing facilities
- Understanding of payload transportation requirements and current US Government capabilities
- Strong briefing and writing skills
Desired:
- Master’s degree with over 12 years or more of experience in space systems (operations, acquisition, program management, integration, test, and evaluation
- Demonstrated ability to be effective in a fast-paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
- Ability to work autonomously with little oversight
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Inclusion and Diversity at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient.
At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture.
These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
