Space RCO Test Engineer

Seta Role and Responsibilities

• Supports design, interpretation, and analysis of technical solutions to complex discipline-specific testing
• Plans and performs test research, development, and other assignments in conformance with design, engineering, and customer specifications
• Evaluates system architecture and component testing to eliminate unnecessary redundancy and align capabilities across multiple programs and/or agencies
• Provides technical expertise for performance analysis, test plan design and test scenarios for functional testing, security testing, and vulnerability analysis of ground and space operations tools and capabilities
• Responsible for the technical/engineering planning and execution of major and minor testing necessary on project(s)
• Led authoring, evaluation and/or execution of program test and evaluation master plan as well as system acceptance planning; interfaces with multiple mission partners, overseeing test and system engineering working groups
• Covers coordination with multiple partners/agencies to ensure test communities support delivery milestones
• Works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently
• Oversees the efforts of less senior staff and/or responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job
• Translates complex ideas and data into simple, actionable recommendations or easily differentiated courses of action
• Communicates clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy—oral and written

Qualifications

• Minimum ten (7) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience
• Proven experience and/or qualifications in in testing satellite systems
• Understanding of operational environment and corresponding mission user needs
• Knowledge of space system engineering, development, and manufacturing
• Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management
• Experience with Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS)

Desired Skills

• Five (5) years of relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience with SAP and/or SCISystem Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office
• Experience with rapid prototyping
• Experience with integrated air, space, and cyberspace capabilities
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining ground mission planning architecture and software
• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs
• Experience using multivariable optimization in mission planning software systems
• Experience in planning and executing test campaigns for space systems

Education

• A minimum applicable engineering degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or possession of a Professional Engineering license
• MA/MS/ME degree

Clearance

• Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility (no less than 2 years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience, with 1-year total within last 5 years)
• Willingness to submit to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph
• Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment

Location/Travel Requirements

• Full-time, on site in vicinity of Kirtland AFB, NM
• Will require travel up to 30% of time within the continental United States