Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking, self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers’ technical challenges.

SSI is searching for a Systems Engineer located in Albuquerque, NM.

Engineering responsibilities span technology domains to include RF and communications hardware, software, sensors, and processors. A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high-performing team in a high-profile, fast-paced environment. The candidate will apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for highly classified systems, while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.

In this position, you will provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to our customer. For each project, the customer sets up small, agile, and empowered teams to include a program manager, technical specialists, contracting, finance, security, and the use right acquisition strategies to set the effort up for success. You will work in one of these small, highly empowered teams where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program.

Role and Responsibilities:

Leads or supports technical programs, projects, or tasks whose technical complexity requires engineering oversight
Ensures completion of tasks within estimated time frames and budget constraints
Provides input to the government customer concerning risks to performance, schedule, and budget due to either proposed contractor plans or the contractor's execution of accepted plans
Ensure the quality of the program, project, or task deliverables meet or exceed standards or metrics and assess such deliverables to ensure that the final deliverables will meet the warfighting purpose for which they are intended
Plans and performs engineering research, design development, and other engineering assignments in conformance with the design, engineering, and customer specifications
Responsible for the overall technical/engineering portions of major projects or programs
Coordinates with multiple partners/agencies to ensure system engineering communities support delivery milestones
Tracks and advises design trades and associated costs, schedule, and technical impacts to requirements
Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project’s inception to the conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs
Provides strategic advice, technical guidance, and expertise to program and project staff
Provides detailed analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for improvements, optimization development and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission-critical challenges/issues
Leads studies and analysis of data provide advice and recommend solutions
Communicate, concisely, and with technical accuracy—oral and written
Other duties as required

Required Qualifications

Minimum ten (10) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience
An applicable engineering degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or possess a Professional Engineering license
Relevant MA/MS/ME degree
Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility
No less than five (2) years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience and 1-year total within last 5 years
Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment and willingness to submit to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph
Expert knowledge in the development and fielding of RF or communication systems
Understanding of space operational environment and corresponding mission user needs
Knowledge of space mission engineering, development, and manufacturing
Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition
Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management
This position is full-time, on-site at Kirtland AFB, NM, and will require to travel up to 25% of the time within the continental United States

Desired Qualifications.

Fifteen (15) years of relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience
System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office
Experience with advanced RF Payloads
Experience with rapid prototyping
Experience with integrated air, space, and cyberspace capabilities
Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs
Experience in planning and executing test campaigns

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