Ground Systems Engineer
Full-time
KBR
Title:
Ground Systems Engineer Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! 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?
Ground Systems Engineer Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! 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: 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.
- Advise and assist the Government with the planning, engineering, integration, and O&M activities of ground systems.
- Analyze and document site system architecture and impacts associated with system updates and deliveries.
- Support requirements definition, architecture development, and trade studies for spacecraft ground systems.
- Interface with spacecraft, payload, network, and user segment teams to define and manage end-to-end system interfaces.
- Support integration and test (I&T) planning and execution across ground and space segments.
- Evaluate contractor designs, test results, and operational concepts for compliance with mission requirements.
- Assist in operational readiness activities, including rehearsals, exercises, and transition to sustainment.
- Contribute to system documentation, reviews, and decision briefings for Government leadership.
- Collaborate with Headquarters Directorates, site organizations, and mission partners to ensure understanding of project requirements and risks (cost, schedule, and technical).
- Document, develop and deliver analyses, recommendations, plans, reports, and briefings to the Government.
- Support the development and integration of automated test solutions and continuous improvement in software design and architecture.
- Location: On-Site
- Travel Requirements: Minimal (less than 25%) travel to contractor facilities, test sites, or launch locations.
- Working Hours: Flexible. Standard Government work hour support and surge support during integration and launch phases.
- Citizenship : Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance (with current polygraph).
- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, data analytics, or a related STEM technical discipline. Specific contract requirements regarding education and experience will prevail.
- Relevant Experience: Demonstrated 8+ years of experience supporting satellite ground system development, integration, and test.
- Knowledge of Government customer's space and ground domain mission and technical capabilities.
- Systems engineering background; understanding of systems development life cycle from concept, requirements, engineering design, integration and test, deployment, maintenance, through decommissioning.
- Experience in requirements definition, system architectures, systems analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation, and verification.
- Ability to take initiative, proactively address customer requirements with no supervision, and expertly define solutions for broad, abstract topics.
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering and digital engineering concepts and tools, Agile / DevSecOps development methodology, and cloud technologies.
- Ability to work with standard business management tools and financial systems, MS Office, and project management software.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain trusted client relationships.
- Knowledge of U.S. Government contracting and federal acquisition regulations, spacecraft lifecycle milestones and review processes, and success in operating within this environment.
- Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate technical issues clearly to all levels of Government leadership.
- Education: Master's or Ph.D. degree in a related STEM technical discipline.
- Relevant Ground Experience: Demonstrated 10+ years of experience supporting ground system development, integration, and test is preferred.
- Breadth of Experience: Experience working across multiple satellite ground programs or production lines is preferred.
- Experience in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling DoD or Intelligence Community projects or programs.
- Deep knowledge of satellite Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) architectures.
- Demonstrated experience in defining, developing, configuration managing, auditing and verifying large-scale ground system architectures.
- Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.
- Familiarity with modeling languages such as Python, SysML, and UAFML.
- Experience with cloud-based technologies and automation to optimize platform performance and reliability.
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