Golden Dome Opportunities with Astrion

LOCATION: Huntsville, AL

JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Active TS with SCI Eligibility

CERTIFICATION: Based on the role

TRAVEL: As Needed

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years’ related experience in one or more of the below areas; Master’s degree is preferred
    • Model Based Systems Engineering and Digital Engineering
    • Systems of Systems Engineering and Integration
    • Space Ground Command and Control
    • Fire Control and Engagement Systems Integration
    • Threat System Engineering
    • Cyber Test Analyst/Engineering
    • Department of Defense Technical Acquisition Management
• Required Security Clearance:
  • Must have an active Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• You love solving hard defense/space problems, and you know how to engineer systems that win
• Hands-on experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and modern digital engineering toolsets
• Proven ability to drive system integration, test & evaluation, mission assurance, and technical reviews on high-complexity defense systems
• Ability to analyze foreign missile threats, capability gaps, and future kill-chain needs — and translate insights into next-gen missile defense architectures
• Curiosity and comfort working with AI/ML, advanced analytics, and modern decision-support tech
• Experience partnering with engineering teams to define C2, sensor, and targeting system requirements
• Strong working knowledge of DoD acquisition, cybersecurity frameworks (RMF/NIST), DISA STIGs, and secure-by-design engineering practices
• Background in multi-domain operations, space mission systems, targeting, and kill web / kill chain optimization
• Ability to connect space-based ISR and interceptor capabilities with other warfighting domains for rapid threat detection, tracking, targeting, and engagement
• Experience assessing and hardening advanced DoD and IC space systems against adversary threats
• Ability to evaluate technical baselines, contractor designs, CDRLs, and engineering artifacts for compliance and mission value
• Strong analytical mindset to design architectures that increase speed, resiliency, and decision advantage
• Understanding of threat systems, counter-space capabilities, space domain awareness, and system risk mitigation strategies
• Experience developing countermeasures and resilient system designs for contested, fast-moving operational environments

Responsibilities

• You'll be part strategist, part hands-on engineer, and part trusted government counselor — building the next era of space-enabled homeland defense.
• Drive trade studies, risk assessments, and design improvements across a cutting-edge space defense program
• Lead technical working groups, TIMs, and review boards across government and industry partners
• Partner with engineering teams to design and integrate spacecraft payloads, C2 systems, ground systems, and communications architectures
• Ensure mission-critical designs align with warfighting needs, DoD standards, and national defense priorities
• Support key systems engineering functions: requirements, interfaces, risks, verification & validation
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to the government for Space-Based Interceptor and Golden Dome efforts
• Conduct independent assessments and analysis of alternatives to guide architecture and algorithm decisions
• Ensure requirements and contractor approaches stay aligned to mission needs & operational realities
• Evaluate contractor architecture proposals, test strategies, integration plans, and risk posture
• Enable true system-of-systems integration across sensors, command-and-control, and interceptors for a resilient end-to-end kill chain

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