You are

Confident in your technical and leadership capabilities, able set a technical vision and lead a team to execute against it, willing to continue learning new technologies as mission needs morph, and desire to work on-site in Colorado Springs, CO, side-by-side with our teammates and customers helping to oversee small, agile teams.

You will

Provide direct support to the USSF Materiel Leader responsible for these acquisitions. Lead analyses and trades to help inform government architectural & financial decisions. Create and brief clear & comprehendible summaries of your work & COA assessments to O-6+ level leadership.

Provide technical leadership and guidance to acquisitions through all phases of the life cycle from initial concept development, mission engineering, and source selection through development and transition to operations & sustainment. Lead the development and maintenance of a complete technical baseline (requirements, ICDs, etc.) that will serve as the foundation of these acquisitions and integration between systems.

Help lead a team of engineers to provide the support described above. Help mentor the team of engineers to help them grow in their careers while providing optimal support to the customer.

You have

Experience in design, development, analysis, or acquisition of space systems

Experience in multiple space operations and space control-related fields, including but not limited to orbit dynamics, rendezvous and proximity operations, navigation, sensor employment, communications, and command and control

Demonstrated System Engineering skills

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical engineering, math and/or physics.

US Citizenship

Active TS and SCI eligible

Willing to consent to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph examination

The ideal candidate will have 5 to 10 years of experience

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Lead Systems Engineer