Mission Protection Systems Engineer (OSS-SR)

Stellar Solutions Inc•Chantilly, VA

14h

About The Position

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer in Northern Virginia to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services focused on mission systems protection. The customer is responsible for understanding current and emerging threats; developing threat-mitigation tactics, techniques, procedures, and integrated response options; facilitating advanced training and exercises; and establishing enterprise-level policy and guidance. The successful candidate will serve as a mission protection subject matter expert on a Headquarters-level staff, coordinate with mission protection teams and enterprise stakeholders, support exercises and wargaming, assess threats and protection capabilities, and provide analysis and recommendations on protection-related risks and opportunities. The role also involves producing and reviewing operational, policy, guidance, capability, and integration documents. Deliverables may include reports, briefings, spreadsheets, and other Government-directed documents. Work may require quick responses to stringent deadlines and attendance at meetings during non-standard duty hours.

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.
Familiarity with Headquarters-level staff environments and activities.
Understanding of satellite operations and systems design, including satellite bus and payload components, orbital mechanics, C2/TT&C systems, ground systems, and approaches to assessing vulnerabilities.
Experience with satellite operations training programs, tactics development processes, and counterspace capabilities and operations.
Experience developing, implementing, or participating in advanced training programs and related exercises.
Familiarity with counterspace operations, including on-orbit and ground/surface-based operations, employment concepts, advanced orbital mechanics, and approaches to assessing and mitigating counterspace risks.
Familiarity with test discipline, including test design, planning, execution, data analysis, interpretation, and deriving meaning.
Familiarity with the cyber-domain threat environment as it relates to space systems.
Self-starter with a record of anticipating and proactively addressing customer requirements with minimal supervision, and the ability to 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 a team of contractors, SETA, FFRDC, and Government personnel.
Ability to support meetings during non-standard duty hours as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on a Headquarters-level staff.
Experience writing and reviewing strategic or Headquarters-level space policy and guidance.
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 leading and executing spacecraft or related ground systems operations.
Experience planning and operating against threats to spacecraft or other mission systems in real-world and/or modeling and simulation software.
Experience using JP 5-0, Joint Planning principles and/or products at the tactical or operational levels.
Familiarity with systems design and acquisition processes, including Systems Engineering and Program Management principles and constructs such as Digital Engineering, MBSE, and Agile Development.
Experience with Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

Serve as a mission protection subject matter expert on a Headquarters-level staff and synchronize priorities and activities through frequent interaction with the GPOC, mission protection teams, and Enterprise stakeholders.
Organize or support Enterprise involvement in mission protection exercises and support wargaming as requested.
Collaborate with external subject matter experts to understand current and emerging threats and protection capabilities, assess equities, and engage stakeholders as required.
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.
Identify, manage, and provide subject matter expert analysis and recommendations for protection-related risks, issues, and opportunities.
Produce, review, and comment on mission operations and protection-related documents, including policy and guidance, new capabilities, concepts, and integration efforts.
Support meetings during non-standard duty hours as required.
Provide deliverables such as reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents as directed by the Government.