Mission Engineer (Space Range Operations)

KBR•Wallops Island, VA

12d

About The Position

BELONG. CONNECT. GROW. with KBR. Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. KBR is seeking a Mission Engineer (ME) to support a Range Operations Contract (ROC) project team that provide various technical launch services supporting Sounding Rocket missions from WFF, Norway, Alaska and other locations. The ME provides technical aspects of requirements review and analysis, project support planning and scheduling, project risks, project design and test, project execution, and project closeout for launch services provided by the ROC. The ME will manage and direct engineering on multiple launch missions, providing necessary technical inputs to support mission build up, range instrumentation configuration, test plans, and launch execution activities.

Requirements

Systems Engineering per NASA standards
Integration and Testing per NASA standards
Strong leadership skills
Ability to work well in a team environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivated, self-starter
Strong organizational skills
Ability to function in a dynamic environment with changing requirements and priorities
Microsoft Office products
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance
Up to 10% of the year Travel
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent.
Mid-Level position into Project Engineering preferably with a minimum of 5-year engineering or related launch range experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in launch, aerospace or space range operations.
Fundamental knowledge of telemetry principles, data acquisition, Radar, Command antenna systems a plus

Responsibilities

Responsible for technical/operational leadership of a small, routine project/mission within the programmatic guidelines set by the program manager and customer.
Defines, generates, and reviews project requirements documentation.
Performs standard technical studies to refine project requirements.
Monitors project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined and maintained.
Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
May conduct basic performance/project analysis during phase-down to benefit future/other projects/missions/programs.
Supports complex and/or technologically challenging tasks including the leadership in generating the Test Plans and Telemetry and radar support requirements
Develops, maintains, and reports technical performance metrics effectively measuring the level of performance in execution of launch missions.
Technical liaison with government and customer technical personnel of the mission
Technical lead for providing range support to assigned launch missions supporting matrixed team and Task Lead
Manages the various technical & engineering interfaces, identify and collect compliance and risks items; collect and document lessons learned
Ensuring technical support to customers, providing technical consultation advice to Task Leads regarding design issues, development and test approaches, and test result assessments
Reports technical status to the stakeholders as appropriate.