Sensor Integration Technical Lead

Apogee Integration LLC • Springfield, VA

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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, helping ensure development activities meet program requirements, mission partner needs, and established milestones. The lead supports a team of 15 or more technical professionals and works across program, engineering, mission partner, and customer teams. The position supports mission initialization, system integration, and integration of a capability as part of a Major Systems Acquisition, with alignment and interoperability with National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) systems. The role also assesses and communicates mission readiness and provides technical briefings and recommendations to senior customer and program leadership.

The position is located in Springfield or Chantilly, Virginia, and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. The stated target salary range is $130,000 to $170,000; actual compensation depends on the selected candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and other relevant factors.

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, requirements, PPBES, or systems engineering of large, complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments 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 another related STEM 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 activities.
• Advise customer leadership on technical decisions, development priorities, and integration approaches to support program requirements and mission objectives.
• Support program risk management by identifying technical risks, assessing potential impacts, and supporting mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate requirements and updates, including managing and executing Request for Change (RFC) processes.
• Provide technical support for mission initialization and system integration activities.
• Coordinate with mission partners and stakeholders to keep technical development aligned 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.
• Fixed and floating holidays.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Health Savings Accounts.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Access to the ApogeePlex facility.
• Collaborative coworkers, support for new ideas, encouragement to take risks, and regular interaction with company leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior