SDA Enterprise Mission Engineer

Role and Responsibilities

• Mission Transition & Definition
• Translate Warfighter needs into actionable concepts such as CONOPS, OPSCON, and use cases to define how the PWSA supports specific mission requirements.
• Engage with SDA’s Warfighter Integration Cell, Warfighters, and external organizations to define detailed mission sets and ensure the PWSA implementation aligns with operational needs.
• Support development of modeling and simulation capabilities to represent operational mission cases and evaluate mission effectiveness.
• Develop and refine CONOPS, OPSCON, and use cases to represent mission scenarios effectively.
• Conduct trade studies and develop Courses of Action (COA) to assess and prioritize PWSA capabilities and requirements.
• Drive innovation by identifying opportunities for advanced capabilities aligned with agency goals.

Requirements & Functional Analysis

• Collaborate with Requirements Leads to perform functional analysis for the PWSA.
• Develop technical requirements for the Enterprise and support solicitation development through the creation of Technical Requirements Documents.

Technical & Strategic Engagement

• Provide support to the Technical Director and Senior Leadership for external engagements, representing SDA mission capabilities and initiatives.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of Space Systems Engineering experience, with an in-depth understanding of operations and real-world implementations.
• Demonstrated experience translating operational needs into technical requirements, CONOPS, and OPSCON.
• Strong ability to perform trade studies and develop actionable COAs for decision-making processes.
• Familiarity with MBSE tools and techniques to represent and communicate mission capabilities across architectural elements.

Preferred/Desired Experience

• Experience working in large (CAT-I) Department of War program offices.
• Experience defining enterprise-level systems and requirements validation processes.

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. (REQUIRED)

Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. (DESIRED)

Certification Requirements

None

Clearance Requirements

This role will require the person to obtain and maintain a Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI) security clearance. Active Secret Clearance is required to start Active Top Secret Clearance (Desired)TS/SCI Eligibility (Desired)

U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.