Sensor Integration Technical Lead
About The Position
The Sensor Integration Technical Lead provides technical leadership and guidance to a Product Development Team supporting complex mission and sensor integration efforts. The role serves as a technical advisor to program leadership and customers, ensuring development activities meet program requirements, mission partner needs, and established milestones. The position supports the integration of a capability as part of a Major Systems Acquisition and promotes alignment and interoperability with National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) systems. The successful candidate provides technical direction to a team of 15 or more technical professionals, advises customer leadership on technical decisions and priorities, supports risk and requirements management, and coordinates with mission partners and stakeholders. The role also assesses mission readiness and provides technical briefings and recommendations to senior customer and program leadership.
Requirements
- STEM degree.
- 12 to 18 years of relevant experience.
- Senior-level or higher experience in government or industry in relevant work areas, including DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process, or systems engineering of large, complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments residing in cloud, on-premise, or hybrid infrastructures.
- Experience with and understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, such as Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM degree program.
- Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering processes, tools, and languages.
- Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
- INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.
- Documented work experience in geospatial intelligence.
- Professional Engineer licensure.
- Membership or leadership participation in ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, or USGIF.
- Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
- Demonstrated knowledge of current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
- Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program or project work experience.
- Previous IC or DoD program or project work experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of 15 or more technical professionals supporting product development and sensor integration.
- Advise customer leadership on technical decisions, development priorities, and integration approaches to achieve program requirements and mission objectives.
- Support program risk management by identifying technical risks, assessing potential impacts, and supporting mitigation strategies.
- Support requirements coordination and updates, including management and execution of Request for Change (RFC) processes.
- Provide technical support for mission initialization and system integration activities.
- Coordinate with mission partners and stakeholders to align technical development activities with mission requirements and program milestones.
- Assess and communicate mission readiness to customer leadership, providing technical insight into the system's ability to support operational mission objectives.
- Support integration of the capability as part of a Major Systems Acquisition, ensuring alignment and interoperability with NSG systems.
- Collaborate with program, engineering, mission partner, and customer teams to resolve technical issues and maintain progress toward integration and development milestones.
- Provide technical briefings and recommendations to senior customer and program leadership regarding integration status, risks, requirements, and mission readiness.
Benefits
- Professional Development Assistance (PDA).
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid Time Off and fixed and floating holidays.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Health Savings Accounts and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
- Access to the ApogeePlex facility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
