We are looking for highly qualified
candidates for a potential upcoming contract positioned onsite at the Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM supporting the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) SSHINE contract.
Engineer II duties include the following, performed at a junior level:
- Perform analyses and evaluations through experimental testing, modeling/simulation, and engineering analysis.
- Prepare documentation for systems engineering activities, including input into Government Reference Designs.
- Support Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE): model development, evaluation of outside performer models, and exercising/testing models.
- Support modeling and simulation tasks: develop modeling capabilities, test/operate them, compare results to experimental findings, and identify improvements.
- Support specialized systems engineering (mechanical, thermal, electrical, structural) for spacecraft and high-altitude balloon designs.
- Support development of space technology and flight experiment requirements, design, and ICDs.
- Support program management tasks: attendance at technical meetings, reviews, off-sites, and conferences.
- Support procurement of long-lead and space-rated hardware/software.
- Support miscellaneous tasks such as trade studies, demonstrations, and analyses as directed by the Government PM.
- Support technology transfer planning and decommissioning, including transition to external mission partners.
- Support design and fabrication of ground-based proofs-of-concept, experiments, and demonstrations; document tools and processes.
- Provide analytical, systems engineering, and administrative support to the University Nanosatellite Program (UNP).
- Draft, prepare, revise, and review design documentation (user's guides, ICDs, test procedures, safety/risk plans); participate in reviews; conduct reliability and performance assessments.
- Provide direct analytical, systems engineering, and technical support to the RVE Operations Cadre lead or mission-specific operations lead.
- Support flight experiment mission and operations planning: procedures, CONOPS, LEOps plan, simulator/ground system testing, ops center planning, training material, IPT participation, software tool/script development, antenna network onboarding, and crew logistics.
- Directly support flight operations: on-orbit operations and experimentation (with on-call support), ops acceptance/regression testing, anomaly prediction/detection algorithms, data trending, fault detection reporting, configuration management, and root cause analyses.
- Support government technology transfer: train mission partners on flight ops, technical reach-back, and documentation for transition of flight assets.
- Provide surge capability within unexpected or tightened program constraints.
- Travel to laboratories, field locations, test ranges, and other Government/industry locations to perform work.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education/ Years of Relevant Experience: 5+ years of experience with BS degree or 0+ years of experience with MS degree
- Clearance: TS with eligibility for SCI Poly
**Please note, this position is Contingent upon Program Award.**
