Senior Flight Safety Systems Engineer

Peraton•Fort Belvoir, VA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Flight Safety Systems Engineer supporting a national security program space warfighting mission, you will be responsible for optimizing, testing and integrating critical system tools performing the Flight Safety (FS) mission. Additionally, all flight safety personnel support mission protection screenings, providing conjunction assessment (CA) and ground threat deconfliction analysis & reporting tasks as required. The flight safety team is responsible for ensuring all program and partnered space-based assets are forewarned against on-orbit collision risks and terrestrial threats. As a systems subject-matter expert (SME) and advanced FS analyst, you will leverage system and mission knowledge to improve tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for military and / or contractor crew positions conducting 24/7 FS operations. A successful candidate will guide team and develop integrative technical solutions, support training and exercise efforts, and communicate effectively with leadership and external partner agencies as appropriate. This position is contingent upon award of contract.

Requirements

8+ years of experience working as a Systems Engineer, Software Integrator, Software Developer, Software Testing or performing Conjunction Assessment (CA) screenings with BS/BA in related field
12+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
6+ years of experience with MA/MS degree in related STEM field
SuperCombo tool or STK) or STK Level 2 certification in lieu of working experience
Active TS/SCI with adjudicated Poly

Nice To Haves

2+ years’ experience with Flight Safety tools (i.e., Astrodynamics Support Workstation (ASW)
6+ years of combined experience working in flight safety (conjunction assessment) and/or space operations requiring flight safety system tools (i.e., STK, ASW)
Advanced understanding of orbital mechanics, flight safety tools and mission scope
Understanding of foreign/domestic space & ground threat capabilities
Ability to read, write and understand logic of scripts written in Bash or Python languages
Prior working experience with National Reconnaissance Office missions and systems
Experience working and collaborating with military and civilian leaders of all ranks

Responsibilities

Optimizing, testing and integrating critical system tools performing the Flight Safety (FS) mission
Support mission protection screenings, providing conjunction assessment (CA) and ground threat deconfliction analysis & reporting tasks as required
Ensuring all program and partnered space-based assets are forewarned against on-orbit collision risks and terrestrial threats
Leverage system and mission knowledge to improve tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for military and / or contractor crew positions conducting 24/7 FS operations
Guide team and develop integrative technical solutions
Support training and exercise efforts
Communicate effectively with leadership and external partner agencies as appropriate
Lead integration efforts of new data sources in legacy and developing system tools
Test software in test environments to mitigate bug risks to operations upon deployment
Improve tactics, technics, and procedures (TTPs) for flight safety and mission protection operations; inform training material changes when necessary
Execute command shell (Bash) and Python scripts through GUI & command prompts, troubleshooting as needed within Linux OS in classified network environments
Perform routine RSO asset ephemeris against terrestrial locations and secondary RSOs (i.e., ASW “SuperCombo” runs) and ad hoc in response to non-corporative maneuvers
Screen pre & post-launch TLEs, state trajectories and on-orbit hypothetical-burn ephemeris against latest resident space object (RSO) catalog to mitigate collision risks
Operate orbit propagating software expertly, navigate GUIs, understand required field inputs volumes and reporting criteria to deliver products to owner/operator
Lead flight safety meetings and participate in training and exercise efforts as needed
Document software and training material and provide OJT instruction to team members