Bachelor's degree with 14+ years or Master's degree with 12+ years of experience.
Strong background in satellite systems engineering.
Experience with major government acquisition programs.
Extensive knowledge in areas like mechanical design, propulsion, and thermal engineering.
Familiarity with space systems and stakeholder collaboration on interfaces.
Proven ability to manage complex technical details and conflicting data.
Knowledge of Systems Engineering processes and functions.
Experience with the Intelligence Community or DoD Satellite Program best practices.
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
Responsibilities
Provide engineering support and recommendations to the Government on space vehicle topics.
Oversee design, manufacture, integration, and testing of space vehicles and interfaces.
Lead efforts to identify and mitigate risks related to space vehicles and subsystems.
Generate reports, risk assessments, and presentations for the customer.
Evaluate contractor performance at milestone reviews for compliance and quality.
Support system development from requirements verification to mission design and testing.
Serve as the main technical contact, translating customer needs into engineering requirements.
Benefits
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge space programs.
Collaborative environment with government and contractor teams.
Engagement in high-stakes projects with significant national importance.
Potential for professional growth in a dynamic field.
Access to advanced technologies and methodologies in aerospace engineering.
Full Job Description
Job Description
This position is for a Space Vehicle Integration and Test Engineer in Chantilly, VA supporting cutting-edge and innovative space programs. The Space Vehicle Engineer will work daily on-site with the Government to provide advice and guidance on technical and programmatic aspects of a critical space system; ensuring every mechanical, electrical, and software component of the space vehicle functions safely and reliably to complete its intended mission.
Role Responsibilities:
Provide Government with space vehicle and sub-systems engineering support and recommended inputs and courses of action for technical and programmatic topics.
Oversee multidisciplinary system level acquisition, design, manufacture, integration and test activities for space vehicles and vehicle interfaces to launch vehicle and ground.
Provide technical leadership in identifying, mitigating, and solving applicable space vehicle and subsystem risks and issues.
Generate and deliver written reports, risk assessments, recommendations, and presentations to the customer.
Provide Government with recommended inputs and courses of action for technical and programmatic topics.
Foster communication and alignment among team members to identify challenges and corresponding solutions.
Evaluate prime contractor performance at milestone reviews ensuring compliance with technical requirements, and quality of deliverables.
Support system development from initial requirements verification through mission design, prototype development, and test.
Serve as the main technical point of contact, leading reviews, and translating customer needs into actionable engineering requirements.
Participate in studies and system trades for enhanced capabilities.
Support verification, validation, and test planning.
Provide technical and programmatic assessments of contractor designs at major milestone reviews to assess progress, risks and issues, and the ability to achieve mission requirements.
Provide technical support to Government customer activities and programmatic processes.
Develop documents and briefings to communicate work or study status and brief Government and industry as required.
Develop procedures and tools to test all integrated vehicle assemblies and verify vehicle health before it leaves to the pad.
Ensure that individual assembly areas meet the requirements to execute checkouts seamlessly and with minimal overhead
Qualifications • Bachelors degree and fourteen (14) years or more experience OR Masters degree and twelve (12) years or more experience.
Strong satellite systems engineering background.
Major government acquisition program experience.
Extensive experience in one or more of the following areas: mass properties, mechanical design and analysis, design for manufacturing, optical-mechanical systems, environmental testing, propulsion, mechanisms, guidance and controls, thermal engineering, structures, or aerospace engineering
Experience with space systems, including development of concept of operations, mission threads, and collaboration with stakeholders on interfaces; ability to conduct trade studies, define interfaces, and work with the developer to mature interface requirements.
Ability to absorb extensive technical detail and logically formulate solutions for execution on an inflexible schedule, often requiring integration of conflicting and, at times, incomplete data.
Knowledge and application of Systems Engineering processes and functions.
Systems engineering and system integration experience.
Experience with the Intelligence Community or the Department of Defense Satellite Program Office best practices.
Experience with satellite system requirements development, design, manufacturing, and test.
Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment.
Ability to facilitate technical discussions with SMEs.
Ability to communicate with a diverse audience of senior decision makers with varying levels of programmatic and technical expertise.
Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills.
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment with no supervision.
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
