Mission Protection Systems Engineer (OSS-INT)

Stellar Solutions Inc • Chantilly, VA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Stellar Solutions is hiring a Mission Protection Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services focused on protecting mission systems. Located in Northern Virginia, the role supports the customer by understanding current and emerging threats, developing threat-mitigation tactics, techniques, and procedures, facilitating training and exercises, and providing on-site mission protection support.

The engineer will serve as an operations planning and protection subject-matter expert, coordinate priorities and activities across customer and enterprise teams, and collaborate with internal and external partners and experts. Work products may include reports, briefings, spreadsheets, and other documents directed by the Government. The work may require quick responses to stringent deadlines while maintaining a high-quality, professional standard.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph and DOD SAP eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of satellite constellations, spacecraft orbits, and ground-station characteristics.
• Understanding of satellite operations and satellite components (bus and payload), RF fundamentals, associated ground systems, and approaches to assessing vulnerabilities.
• Self-starter who can anticipate and proactively address customer requirements with minimal supervision and manage multiple tasks and deliverables.
• Effective written and verbal communication, sound interpersonal skills and judgment, and strong collaboration and coordination skills with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and with teams of contractors, SETA, FFRDC, and Government personnel.
• Ability to support meetings during non-standard duty hours as required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or a relevant field and at least nine years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree in STEM or a relevant field and at least seven years of relevant experience.
• Experience using JP 5-0 Joint Planning principles and/or products at tactical or operational levels.
• USAF Space Test School graduate or similar experience planning and assessing tactics, techniques, and procedures against threat-representative systems.
• Experience as a spacecraft or ground-systems operator.
• Experience planning and operating against threats to spacecraft and/or other mission systems in real-world and/or modeling and simulation software.
• Experience assessing counterspace threats, including on-orbit, ground, and cyber threats.
• Experience applying orbital mechanics to a dynamic orbital scenario.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering and Program Management principles and constructs, including Digital Engineering, Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and Agile Development.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Work as an operations planning and protection subject-matter expert, synchronizing priorities and activities through frequent interactions with the GPOC, command-and-control and mission-protection teams, and key operations teams across the Enterprise.
• Plan and organize participation in internal and external exercises and, when necessary, wargames.
• Capture lessons learned to improve space operations and protection efforts.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to equip operators and leaders to make decisions about protection-related actions.
• Collaborate with external subject-matter experts to understand the current and emerging threat environment.
• Identify and capture customer risks, issues, and opportunities, and provide analysis and recommendations.
• Produce, review, and comment on documents related to new capabilities, concepts, and integration efforts.
• Provide on-site mission protection support and deliver Government-directed reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus.
• Employer-funded Profit-Sharing Plan (PSP) contribution based on base compensation.
• Comprehensive employer-paid medical benefits.
• PTO pay-out options.
• Additional company-sponsored benefits; the described benefits represent an additional 30–40% of base compensation as part of the total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level