Senior Ground Systems Development Engineer, Product Owner

Iridium Satellite, LLC•Reston, VA

33d•Hybrid

About The Position

Iridium is seeking a Senior Ground Systems Development Engineer, Product Owner for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. This role is responsible for identifying and autonomously implementing ideas and solutions, including those with cross-functional teams, to deliver customer-driven Ground System Management Systems. The Product Owner will work alongside Engineers, Scrum Masters, and other Product Owners, leading a team to build and deliver state-of-the-art Mission Management Software. Success in this role requires excellent technical and communication skills in Mission Planning, Ground System software development, and hardware interfaces, along with a deep understanding of Spacecraft Ground Systems Operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent relevant experience in lieu of degree.
8+ years of relevant experience in the Aerospace industry, specifically associated with the development and operation of complex Spacecraft Ground Systems.
Strong depth of knowledge in satellite operations, mission planning, and spacecraft subsystems.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic.
Confidence and ability to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team.
Analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions.
Proactive in providing feedback and enthusiastic in sharing knowledge with others.
Capable of prioritizing own tasks and potentially the tasks of others while making sure deadlines are met.
Be a US Citizen with no dual citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Active/current Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).
Experience with defining, analyzing and documenting RF (Radio Frequency) and optical communication system interface requirements.
Experience with Satellite RF Communications theory or practical experience.
Experience with designing, developing, and operating Space Vehicle Subsystems and various command and control systems (e.g. OS Comet, InControl, etc.).
Experience with aspects of the Hardware Software Development Life Cycle process.
Programming languages such as: Java, Java-Script, Python, Shell scripting.
Working knowledge of networking protocols, routers, switches, etc.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the Technical Roadmap and support the design, implementation, and operation of the GEP Site Controller (GSC) and associated software/hardware components required to meet the SDA PWSA (Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture) mission objectives.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop ground software components founded upon modern industry standard platforms, languages, and deployment techniques.
Prioritize software development objectives within the Iridium-defined Agile/Scrum framework.
Plan and execute software releases, providing input into stakeholder/program schedules and budgets.
Provide technical and analytics support to stakeholders to promote informed decision making.
Leverage experience to assist in ground system operations process/procedure/training documentation and identify technical training needs.
Deliver constructive, meaningful feedback and proactively offer guidance and knowledge-sharing.
Collaborate cross-team with stakeholders to support the development of technical roadmaps, identify and mitigate technical risks, and remove barriers to success.
Interface with the operations team to obtain user feedback and update software accordingly.
Interface with the customer explaining the technical status and state of the GSC software development lifecycle.