Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead

SAIC•Denver, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to join the National Security and Space Sector (NSS). You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from DenverAurora, Colorado. We support the Nation’s leading-edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis. This IPT Lead will work in a collaborative team-focused environment of U.S. Government civilians and contractors solving applied technical problems and developing usable solutions for multiple space-related capabilities and threats. The ideal candidate will: Demonstrate the ability to provide technical leadership to teams of SMEs to include providing technical guidance and oversight, mentoring team members, integrating and delivering timely, quality products Have excellent written and oral communication skills Have experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers Have experience creating, writing, integrating, and presenting technical briefings and documents Have the ability to decompose problems into analytical tasks Have experience with program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments This position qualifies for enhanced benefits.

Requirements

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics or Mathematics and 16 or more years (14 or more with a Masters, 9 or more with a PhD) of experience in engineering/scientific fields
In-depth technical expertise in at least two of the following areas: orbital analysis, satellite communication systems, space surveillance technologies, radar systems, and/or optical systems
Experience with satellite acquisition, development, and operations
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience interacting with the intel community to include reading and applying intel assessments and coordinating with intel community experts
Experience using STK or similar satellite mission analysis software
Active TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph.
US Citizenship is required
Demonstrated record of effective individual and group work behaviors, with abilities to proactively initiate and operate in dynamic and incompletely defined environments
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers through adaptive leadership and high emotional intelligence
Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal customers, external customers, and stakeholders of diverse technical backgrounds

Nice To Haves

Masters or Doctorate Degree in Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics
Experience in space system acquisition or space technology development
Experience with project or task technical leadership
Working knowledge of radar and/or optical technologies
Familiarity with National Security Space architecture (IC and/or DoD)
Experience using Systems Tool Kit (STK), MATLAB, Linux, Python or COAST/FIST
Demonstrated proficiency with program-planning processes and tools (such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project)

Responsibilities

Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts in program-specific analyses, foreign threat capabilities and development and research
Tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables for the IPT across the analysis, threat and phenomenology functions
Maintain communications and schedule meetings with end-customer offices, coordinate information needs, product delivery timelines and status
Provide status of IPT projects, tasks, and deliverables to program and immediate government customer management at periodic reviews
Identify, remove, and/or escalate blockers to team tasks or deliverables
Participating in intelligence or cross-team product production meetings as required
Achieving detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, designs, operations and classifications
Identifying gaps and prioritizing recommendations to achieve program protection objectives
Author, review, and coordinate documents to facilitate Government decision making
Repeated use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques
Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats
Participate and represent the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments
Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders
Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs