Lead Ground Systems Engineer (ESS-SR)
About The Position
Stellar Solutions is seeking a Senior Ground Systems Engineer to lead, guide, and provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory services for a government customer in Aurora, Colorado. The role leads a team of four systems engineers providing enterprise-wide systems engineering services for SIGINT, GEOINT, and Operations Center ground systems. Work includes developing technical requirements for ground-processing-system updates; overseeing delivery schedules, system testing, and discrepancy documentation; and coordinating team assignments and customer requirements through closure. The engineer works with government managers and program leadership to plan ground-team support, assess evolving needs, and recommend improvements to service delivery, processes, and resource effectiveness. The role also supports government points of contact, communicates project status and risks, and facilitates coordination among government personnel, SETA team members, and other contractors. The position develops assessments and staffing products for varied audiences and delivers government-directed reports, briefings, spreadsheets, and other documents. Work may require quick responses to stringent deadlines while maintaining high quality and professionalism.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- A STEM bachelor's degree and at least 14 years of experience, a STEM master's degree and at least 12 years of experience, or a STEM Ph.D. or JD and at least nine years of experience; STEM is a contractual requirement.
- Demonstrated leadership success on a variety of complex ground-systems-engineering projects affecting mission operations.
- In-depth experience with NRO systems engineering and mission readiness processes, including readiness events, control gates, entry and exit criteria, and systems-engineering governance.
- Knowledge of overall GEOINT and SIGINT space and ground architectures, including mission management, mission control, and mission processing functions.
- Program lifecycle experience spanning concept development and design through deployment, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Experience with CONOPS, requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, and architecture development.
- Experience with systems development methodologies such as Agile, DevOps, Spiral, and Waterfall, and with cloud technologies.
- Ability to work independently, proactively address customer requirements, define solutions for broad or abstract topics, and drive tasks to closure.
- Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills, and personal judgment.
- Ability to collaborate and coordinate with multiple stakeholders and build consensus.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Outlook, and MS Project.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Digital Engineering (DE), Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and associated tools.
- Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft or ground-systems operator.
- SAFe, Agile, or INCOSE certifications.
- Proficiency with MS Project.
Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the technical efforts of four systems engineers delivering enterprise-wide systems engineering services for SIGINT, GEOINT, and Operations Center ground systems.
- Develop technical requirements for SIGINT and GEOINT ground-processing-system updates.
- Monitor and supervise system delivery schedules, testing, and documentation of discrepancies.
- Anticipate, assign, and drive projects and customer requirements to closure; continually assess team tasks and adjust, reprioritize, or augment assignments as appropriate.
- Coordinate with government managers and program leadership to organize and plan ground-team support.
- Monitor evolving government needs and provide analysis, insights, and recommendations to improve service delivery or process and resource effectiveness.
- Provide technical support to government points of contact and communicate status, risks, issues, opportunities, assumptions, mitigations, and dependencies for ground-system activities.
- Promote collaboration with government, SETA team members, and other contractors across the enterprise.
- Develop assessments and staffing products for different audiences and communicate information clearly to government leadership.
- Produce reports, briefings, spreadsheets, and other documents as directed by the Government, sometimes in response to stringent deadlines.
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus.
- Employer-funded Profit-Sharing Plan contribution based on base compensation.
- Comprehensive employer-paid medical benefits.
- PTO payout options.
- Additional company-sponsored benefits.
- Benefits are described as representing an additional 30–40% of base compensation as part of total compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
