Title:
System Engineer
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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.
We have an immediate opening for a Systems Engineer to fill a SETA (Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance) position with the Space Development Agency (SDA). SDA is a fast-paced organization that is redefining DoD’s acquisition cycle norms and delivering a new Tranche of hundreds of satellites every two years.
Why Join Us?
- Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
- 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 designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide technical advice/input to customer’s System Program Director and Chief Engineer that lays the strategic foundation for critical, national capability and customer’s future initiative
- Understand and contribute to system designs and technical approaches to guide next generation systems to provide resilient space systems for space-based optical communications systems and space-based missile tracking systems
- Develop enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface requirements
- Consider the impact of the satellites’ requirements to the ground system
- Oversee and guide integrated space vehicle systems, including integration of mission payloads (Link 16, Ka Band communications, DVB-S2, optical communications, onboard data processors, Missile Warning/Missile Tracking sensors and Missile Defense/Fire Control sensors) with satellite busses
- Consider cybersecurity implications of the system design and relationships, including satellite to satellite networking
- Oversee integration and test of the satellite into the SDA’s ground system network design and with the other satellite vendors to create the mesh network
- Assess necessary changes and updates to ground systems to enable overall architecture capabilities
- Coordinate the development of operational procedures for tactical data link payloads, including joining networks, maintaining connections, and mission planning
- Characterize the impact of space vehicle payload design and ground system decisions on mission effectiveness
- Coordinate with modeling and simulation teams to assess impacts to the architecture
- Review engineering documents and provide SME support, Participate in design reviews, satellite assembly integration and test, and launch preparation activities
- Identify capability gaps and devise actions to help address those gaps
- Support the SDA’s Tranche 2 Program Management and Systems Engineering team
- Resolve highly complex and multi-dimensional problems that require balancing risk, schedule, and performance considerations to ensure delivery of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
- Incorporate Joint Warfighter, Mission Partners and internal SDA team’s feedback and input on product strategy and identify the best path to improve efficiencies
- Support application product managers and coordinate cross-functional teams (i.e. Government, Military, SETA, FFRDC, UARC, & Industry)
Work Environment:
- Location: Onsite
- Travel Requirements: Minimal
- Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering and math
- Minimum of 8-10 years experience with satellite and ground systems
- Strong Experience in engineering processes and requirements analysis and tracking
- Strong experience in satellite or ground system development, integration, and test
- Technical and analytic understanding of satellite and ground system interaction
- Understanding or experience in satellite and ground system acquisition processes
- Experience in systems engineering
- Experience in project management *** minimum 3 years experience of projects
- Ability to work in fast paced environment with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Active TS/SCI clearance
Desired:
- Masters degree in science, technology, engineering and math
- 12 years experience with satellite systems
- Agile framework experience including use of Jira/Confluence
- Experience DoD and or IC customers
- Current experience with space systems
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.
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.
