Benefits: - 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
Position OverviewThe Mission Engineer and Integrator supports the full lifecycle of mission capabilities from concept development and operational planning through deployment, sustainment, and operational support. This individual serves as a trusted advisor to government customers and mission partners while ensuring technical solutions align with operational requirements and mission objectives.
The successful candidate will work in dynamic, fast-paced environments, coordinating across diverse stakeholder groups while supporting mission execution, systems integration, operational planning, risk management, and capability deployment activities.
Key Responsibilities
Mission Planning and Operational Integration- Support the review, definition, clarification, and management of operational requirements.
- Analyze mission objectives, targets, and collection requirements to identify appropriate technologies, systems, capabilities, and equipment.
- Support development and refinement of Concepts of Operations (CONOPS).
- Provide operational input to the design and development of new systems and capabilities.
- Deliver tradecraft recommendations and operational best practices during mission planning and execution.
- Ensure technical and operational constraints are identified, communicated, and addressed throughout mission planning activities.
- Support operational readiness efforts, mission contingency planning, and system troubleshooting activities.
Technical Integration and Systems Engineering Support- Serve as a technical advisor and consultant to customers, mission partners, and program stakeholders.
- Translate operational requirements into technical specifications, implementation guidance, and use cases.
- Support integration, deployment, sustainment, and operational utilization of mission capabilities.
- Coordinate with technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), engineers, mission managers, and stakeholders to ensure successful capability delivery.
- Support integration testing, operational validation, verification, and acceptance activities.
- Assist in evaluating system performance and recommending enhancements to improve mission effectiveness.
- Provide recommendations regarding end-to-end capability gaps affecting system usability, reliability, and operational effectiveness.
Stakeholder Engagement and Mission Support- Act as a primary interface between customers, mission stakeholders, technical development teams, and operational users.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration among government personnel, mission operators, engineers, and executive leadership.
- Support users by providing technical guidance and operational awareness regarding mission capabilities.
- Maintain situational awareness across mission activities, operational environments, and capability deployments.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure requirements remain achievable, measurable, and aligned with mission objectives.
Configuration Management and Change Coordination- Support configuration management processes including assessment, documentation, implementation, and tracking of technical changes.
- Coordinate stakeholder reviews and approvals related to system modifications and deployments.
- Ensure stakeholders understand configuration impacts, dependencies, implementation timelines, and operational considerations.
- Maintain records of requirements, decisions, changes, and stakeholder actions to ensure accountability and traceability.
Risk Management and Continuous Improvement- Identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate technical, operational, and programmatic risks.
- Conduct trade studies and assessments using operational feedback, testing results, lessons learned, and emerging mission requirements.
- Develop recommendations to improve mission effectiveness and technical performance.
- Capture and share lessons learned, best practices, and operational insights.
- Support process improvement initiatives, governance activities, and workflow optimization efforts.
Program Execution and Reporting- Support milestone reviews, readiness assessments, executive briefings, and program reviews.
- Develop and deliver reports, presentations, status updates, and decision-support materials.
- Coordinate documentation reviews to ensure accuracy, completeness, compliance, and stakeholder concurrence.
- Support additional mission and program activities as required.
Required Qualifications- Experience supporting intelligence, defense, national security, or complex mission-focused environments.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating across government stakeholders, mission operators, technical teams, and leadership.
- Strong understanding of systems integration, operational requirements management, mission planning, and technical capability deployment.
- Experience supporting mission operations throughout the capability lifecycle from concept through deployment and sustainment.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities.
- Ability to work effectively in dynamic, fast-paced environments with changing priorities.
- Active security clearance required.
Desired Qualifications- Experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or Federal Government mission environments.
- Experience supporting intelligence collection operations, mission planning, or operational technology deployments.
- Customer field experience and/or technical operational training.
- Experience supporting technical capability development, testing, deployment, and sustainment activities.
- Familiarity with systems engineering, operational testing, and mission integration processes.
Additional Requirements- Position requires on-site support Monday through Friday.
- Must obtain and maintain all required customer-specific certifications and training.
- Availability to support mission requirements outside standard business hours when necessary.
- Ability and willingness to travel based on customer needs.
- Travel may include local travel as well as CONUS and OCONUS Temporary Duty (TDY) assignments.
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