Lead Ground Systems Engineer (ESS-SR)

Stellar Solutions Inc•Aurora, CO

17d•$150,000 - $175,000

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 provides enterprise-wide systems engineering support for SIGINT, GEOINT, and Operations Center ground systems, including leadership of a team of four systems engineers. The successful candidate will develop technical requirements for ground processing system updates; oversee system delivery schedules, testing, and discrepancy documentation; and coordinate work to ensure customer requirements and projects reach closure. The role involves planning team support with government managers and program leadership, identifying evolving customer needs, communicating status and risks, and recommending improvements to service delivery and resource effectiveness. The engineer will also foster collaboration across government, SETA team members, and other contractors and develop technical assessments and staffing products for government audiences. Deliverables may include reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents as directed by the Government. Work may require quick responses to stringent deadlines and must be completed to a high professional standard.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 14 years of experience; or a master’s degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of experience; or a Ph.D. or JD in STEM and at least 9 years of experience. STEM is a contractual requirement.
Demonstrated leadership success on a variety of complex ground systems engineering projects impacting mission operations.
In-depth experience with NRO systems engineering and mission readiness processes, including readiness events, control gates, associated entry and exit criteria, and systems engineering governance.
Knowledge of overall GEOINT and SIGINT space and ground architecture, including mission management, mission control, and mission processing functions.
Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design through deployment, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
Experience with CONOPS and requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, and architecture development.
Experience with systems development methodologies such as Agile, DevOps, Spiral, or Waterfall, and with cloud technologies.
Ability to proactively address customer requirements without supervision and define solutions for broad, abstract topics while driving 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, and 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 providing 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 scheduling, system testing, and documentation of discrepancies.
Anticipate, assign, and drive projects and customer requirements to closure; assess team tasks and realign, reprioritize, or augment assignments as appropriate.
Work with government managers and program leadership to organize and plan ground team support.
Stay aware of 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.
Identify and communicate status, risks, issues, opportunities, assumptions, mitigations, and dependencies for ground system activities.
Promote and facilitate collaboration with government, SETA team members, and other contractors across the enterprise.
Develop assessments and staffing products for varied audiences and communicate information clearly to Government leadership.
Deliver reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents as directed by the Government.