Satellite Systems Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Washington, DC

1d•$99,000 - $225,000•Remote

About The Position

The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical expertise with big‑picture thinking to influence the next generation of national security space systems? You understand your customer’s mission environment and how to translate emerging needs into well‑defined technical requirements and acquisition strategies. Your ability to lead requirements development, analyze trade options, and evaluate technical proposals makes you a critical contributor to delivering a mission‑focused engineering solution. If this sounds like you, come join Booz Allen’s strategic team supporting a top‑priority space program. On our team, you will work with Booz Allen colleagues, government personnel, and other contractor partners to support the GPS program office in developing and fielding advanced satellite capabilities. You will lead the end‑to‑end requirements lifecycle, support government trade studies, ensure capabilities are properly captured in acquisition documentation, and guide the technical evaluation of contractor proposals. Once a solution is selected, you will help oversee contractor execution to verify that system designs and implementation align with mission needs, technical baselines, and program goals. Your expertise and strategic insight will be essential to delivering resilient, modernized satellite capabilities that meet evolving threats. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

10+ years of experience performing systems engineering on DoD or national security space systems
5+ years of experience with satellite architecture, payload systems, bus subsystems, or space vehicle integration or operations
5+ years experience with major program reviews such as SRR, SDR, SFR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, FCA, or PCA
Experience leading requirements development activities
Experience executing or supporting trade studies for complex space system capabilities
Experience integrating capability needs into acquisition documentation
Experience supporting technical evaluations of contractor proposals
Ability to work proactively and collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with GPS, PNT, NAVWAR, or satellite navigation systems
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering or digital engineering toolchains
Experience developing acquisition program documentation for Major Defense Acquisition Programs
Experience supporting system-level verification, validation, and certification activities
Knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle and milestones and DoD systems engineering, test, and production policies and practices
Knowledge of space vehicle manufacturing, integration, test, or launch readiness processes
TS/SCI clearance
Master’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Systems Engineering, Space Operations, or a related field

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, including CONOPS refinement, requirements derivation, allocation, verification planning, and baseline management.
Support government trade studies for complex space system capabilities, including analysis of alternatives, technical feasibility assessments, and risk evaluation.
Ensure capabilities are properly captured in acquisition documentation such as specifications, system requirements documents, or RFP technical volumes.
Guide the technical evaluation of contractor proposals, including evaluation criteria development, compliance assessment, and strengths and weaknesses analysis.
Oversee contractor execution to verify that system designs and implementation align with mission needs, technical baselines, and program goals.
Communicate technical findings to senior stakeholders.