Systems Engineer - Traffic Modeling or Missile Tracking (Secret / Hybrid)

Systems Engineer - Traffic Modeling or Missile Tracking (Secret / Hybrid)

Traffic Modeling & Missile Tracking Systems Engineers - Shape the Future of Space Defense with a Leading Federal Contractor

Are you ready to work on technology that directly protects national security? Our client, a top-tier federal defense contractor, is hiring Traffic Modeling System Engineers and Missile Tracking System Engineers to support the US Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) on the Ground, Management and Integration (GMI) program. This is your chance to help build the next generation of satellite defense infrastructure from the ground up.

**Locations:** Scottsdale, AZ | Huntsville, AL | Chantilly, VA | San Jose, CA
**Schedule:** Hybrid, 3-4 days onsite per week
**Contract Type:** Long-term openings, multiple positions available

Why This Role Matters:

You will join an elite, cross-functional team building state-of-the-art ground operational systems for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), one of the most ambitious space defense programs in development today. Your work will directly support the evolution and integration of ground entry points, operations centers, and enterprise test capabilities that keep our nation's missile defense systems ahead of emerging threats.

This is more than a contract. It is an opportunity to grow your expertise at the intersection of space systems, AI, and national defense, while working alongside some of the best engineering minds in the industry.

What You Will Do:

**Track A: Traffic Modeling Systems Engineer**
- Decompose complex requirements to model traffic data flow from satellite constellations to ground networks
- Design and execute pre-planned and ad-hoc scheduling for satellite services supporting missile tracking
- Analyze missile tracking data to validate and refine traffic models
- Identify and champion opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement

**Track B: Missile Tracking Systems Engineer**
- Translate requirements into system architecture, interfaces, and design behaviors
- Manage scheduling and situational awareness for satellites and payload capabilities tracking missiles
- Fuse and analyze missile tracking data from satellite to ground, enabling rapid processing and dissemination
- Identify and champion opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement

Required Skills

- Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Requires active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TOP SECRET with Polygraph eligibility is required at time of hire.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field and 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
- Agile experience preferred.

Traffic Modeling Technical Skills:

- Prefer recent modeling of communication data, preferably using satellite constellations and ground networks
- Prefer recent Satellite to Ground RF communication protocol experience, end to end packet prioritization and routing, or traffic modeling experience

Missile Tracking Technical Skills:

- Prefer recent designing and developing systems that can solve complex problems using algorithms
- Prefer recent algorithm development and tuning for specific mission parameters

Bonus Skills You Might Bring:

- Recent experience with missile tracking systems design and architecture, and sensor fusion techniques
- Recent experience designing logic, assessing and scheduling satellite services to track missiles
- Knowledge of cloud technologies and their application in system design and deployment
- Experience with image processing (collection, handling, storing, and analysis)

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