BS/BA with 8-10 years of experience, or MS/MA with 6-8 years, or Ph.D. with 3-5 years.
Strong facilitation skills for meetings and working groups.
Experience with enterprise or system-level satellite verification, validation, and testing (VV&T).
Familiarity with GEOINT or protection systems for space and ground architecture.
Knowledgeable in space to ground mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis.
Experience in writing and executing test strategies, plans, and procedures.
Responsibilities
Engage with customers, Acquisition Offices, and contractors on a daily basis.
Implement continuous improvements while adhering to customer standards and processes.
Assess architecture, requirements, risks, and processes for VV&T impacts.
Define VV&T activities and products for new and modified mission capabilities.
Lead or support VV&T execution including test events and milestone readiness.
Prepare comprehensive reports on VV&T activities including results and lessons learned.
Manage risks and coordinate tracking and closure with stakeholders.
Benefits
Extensive opportunities for continuous professional development and training.
Engagement with cutting-edge technology in the aerospace sector.
Ability to impact mission-critical operations directly through your work.
Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams across various sectors.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
Daily interaction with the customer, Acquisition Offices (AOs) and supporting contractors.
Follow customer standards and processes while providing continuous improvements and innovations.
Evaluate architecture, requirements, risks, opportunities, and processes for VV&T impacts.
Define VV&T activities and associated VV&T products (e.g., strategies, plans, Requests for Change (RFCs), procedures, checklists, RVTMs, briefings, etc.) for new and modified mission and service capabilities.
Lead or support the execution of VV&T activities (e.g., Test events, Transitions, Milestone Readiness Events).
Prepare reports describing the results, risk assessment, discrepancy reporting, and lessons learned from VV&T activities.
Risk management, tracking and closure with Acquisition Offices and stakeholders.
Lead technical meetings to coordinate, and support VV&T activities and milestones.
Provide technical consultation, briefings and recommendations to the customer and other stakeholders.
Qualifications
Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
BS/BA degree with 8-10 years of experience, or 6-8 years with MS/MA or 3-5 years with Ph.D.
Ability to facilitate meetings and working groups.
Experience with Enterprise or System level satellite VV&T activities.
Experience with GEOINT or PROTECTION systems space and ground architecture.
Knowledge of space to ground mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis/assessment
Experience with:
Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground operations.
Writing test strategies, plans, procedures, and checklists.
Executing tests, analyzing data, and summarizing results.
Ability and willingness to mentor and lead Junior members of the VV&T team.
Ability to partner with various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have (DESIRED):
12+ Years of related experience.
SME level knowledge of Enterprise / System Level Satellite VV&T.
Knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering and experience using SysML.
Experience with commercial VV&T techniques in service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, or for infrastructure or application service provider environments.
