Systems Engineer Level IV - TS Clearance

Velos•Washington, DC

22h•$135,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

Velos is hiring a Systems Engineer Level IV to support an engineering and technical services contract at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) facility in Washington, DC. This is a full-time position requiring Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. The role provides system-wide management of spacecraft programs across their lifecycle, from conceptualization, design, development, and manufacturing through testing, launch, operation, demonstration, and documentation. It also provides leadership in management and systems engineering for space-mission hardware development or maintenance, aerospace specifications, mission operations, and real-time experimental spacecraft demonstrations. The position involves coordinating with government launch, operational, and mission facilities and communicating work through presentations and documentation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physical Science, or Mathematics.
An additional 15 years of experience with aerospace systems.
Five years of experience in system-wide management of spacecraft programs across conceptualization, design, development, manufacturing, testing, launch, operation, demonstration, and documentation.
Top Secret clearance.
U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

Be familiar with launch, operational, and mission facilities at government centers, including Navy Blossom Point; Air Force Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg; and NASA Wallops Island, Johnson Space Center, and Deep Space Network.
Provide system-wide management of spacecraft programs, including conceptualization, design, development, manufacturing, testing, launch, operation, demonstration, and documentation.
Provide leadership in management and systems engineering for hardware development and/or maintenance for space missions.
Lead management and systems engineering work involving the writing and editing of aerospace specifications.
Manage mission operations and demonstration activities for real-time experimental spacecraft.
Manage the use of launch, operational, and mission facilities at government centers.
Lead planning and scheduling activities for aerospace system development using project management techniques.
Manage aerospace scientific and engineering data reduction.
Use standard personal-computer application programs to produce presentations and system-level documentation.
Communicate effectively in oral presentations to managers and sponsors and write clear, thorough documentation based on work performed.