Ground Systems Engineer (Secret clearance)

Vantor Services•El Segundo, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a Ground Systems Engineer to join their team in developing and deploying next-generation resilient Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities. This role involves testing, analyzing, evaluating, verifying, and validating these systems, identifying areas for mitigation, and developing advanced technology solutions. The position requires functional expertise, strong communication and collaboration skills, and attention to detail to contribute to the acquisition and development of space sensing capabilities for the U.S. Space Force. The work is performed within a facility requiring U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Government security clearance.

Requirements

U.S. Citizen
Active U.S. Government security clearance (Secret)
Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field
10+ years of experience supporting DoD weapon systems acquisitions or systems engineering
5+ years of experience performing systems engineering analysis and developing systems engineering products for satellite systems or ground systems for Command and Control and Data Processing
3+ years of experience leading teams of at least 5 people
Experience communicating and coordinating between the client, your team, related teams, and leadership
Experience with the development of technical specifications, interface control documents, ground architectures and designs, integration plans and schedules, and test plans
Experience with authoring requirements and managing and developing testable criteria, system validation and verification, and analysis
Knowledge of network architecture
Knowledge of Agile methodologies

Nice To Haves

Experience in modeling, simulation, or analysis of RF Systems, including Space-to-Ground and Payload Systems
Experience performing systems engineering, integration, and testing on space-based remote sensing systems, including SBIRS, Next Generation OPIR, FORGE, STSS, HBTSS, DMSP, WSF-M, and EWS
Experience with planning and executing program reviews throughout the life cycle of the system
Experience using a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach to manage system definitions and technical baselines
Knowledge of satellite ground system design, cloud architecture, DevOps and DevSecOps, software frameworks, communication and networking, data processing, exploitation, and dissemination, space system operations and tasking, mission planning, space-ground integration, or space system factory support
Knowledge of DoD 5000.01 and 5000.02
Knowledge of systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2
TS/SCI clearance
Master’s degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science field
INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification, including ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP Certification