Senior Principal Mission Engineer

Oasys•Chantilly, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated professionals who assist the Space Development Agency in developing and deploying the next generation of satellites and ground systems for missile warning (MW), missile tracking (MT) and missile defense (MD). Our Tranche 3 Program Integration team has a need for a tracking Mission Engineer with experience analyzing space and ground system architectures through mission thread development and simulation. We are looking for innovative, creative, and highly motivated individuals to mature models and build scenarios (GRMs and DRMs) that effectively capture system of systems effects in complex operational environments. Candidate will provide systems engineering and integration expertise in support of the SDA T3 Tracking mission capabilities. Candidate will design, develop, and verify simulations, execute analysis plans and generate work products that enable program and architectural decisions. Candidate will work with system analysts and mission analysts to ensure that modeling, simulation and analysis capabilities allow for the assessment of operational mission requirements.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Math, Science or Engineering with 15+ Years of demonstrated system engineering and integration experience with space, ground, operations and sustainment segments of DoD or NRO programs with a proven delivery record or a bachelor's degree in Math, Science or Engineering with 17+ Years of demonstrated experience.
Overhead Persistent InfraRed (OPIR) or other missile defense or related space-based ISR mission experience.
Experience working across space and ground segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements that ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met.
Strong understanding of modeling, simulation, and mission analysis techniques and tools.
Experienced at self-starting, seeking solutions, and working well in a team environment
Demonstrated experience working with SDA/DoD/NRO customers in an acquisition environment, with space and/or ground systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as organizational and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with MATLAB, STK, MODTRAN or other comparable modeling and simulation tools
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience using Cameo or other comparable tools.
Space Operations Experience
Active TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

Developing model scenarios (GRM/DRMs, threads and use cases), and simulations to support capability assessments (MVC) risk assessments, and other mission-level assessments.
Reviewing government scenarios from PWSA enterprise and prior tranches to ensure that T3 scenarios are consistent
Developing, simulating, evaluating, documenting, and presenting space and ground-based system level performance analysis and trades for space concepts.
Supporting analysis activities by integrating performance models with MBSE models and tools
Quantifying performance impacts and sensitivity to changes in CONOPS, Scenario, or threats
Developing and briefing data packages that provide analysis results to inform the government decision-makers.
Collaborating with prime contractors, other team contractors, government civilians, FFRDC, SETA and members of the SDA.