Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate with external SPOs to develop a common space protection concept of operations that identifies capability requirements and required interfaces to enable satisfaction of their unique protection needs, while simultaneously liaising, as required, to build relationships and manage expectations.
Advocate for enterprise capability needs at developer working groups, SPO’s internal decision forums, and other technical meetings to facilitate achieving capability delivery commitments.
Shape strategy recommendations to include engineering and acquisition trades that meet enterprise’s demand for space protection capabilities within the program’s development priorities and budget profile.
Serves as a SPO technical expert providing oversight for software development, implementation, and deployment of ground processing system capabilities that are integrated with the NRO space enterprise.
Collaborate with other SMEs to develop technical plans and documentation, advise the customer on technical progress of the acquisition, and support the integration of ground processing systems with space systems.
Produce technical materials depicting SPO’s development progress in support of stakeholder equities in preparation for stakeholder’s NRO oversight and/or other readiness events, as required.
Support the Contracting Officer Technical Representative(s) and developers to refine requirements, designs, and testing capabilities to meet user needs.
Basic Compensation
$135,000 - $163,000 USD annually
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
Work Environment
Location: On-site
Travel Requirements: Minimal travel
Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications
Required
Clearance: Must have an active/current TS/SCI with a Polygraph
Bachelor of Science STEM degree.
8+ years supporting a Government acquisition program office.
Experience in Government System Engineering disciplines, including requirements development and management, readiness, and testing.
Experience developing, testing, or fielding space and/or ground software systems.
Familiarity with Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, activities, or operations.
Desired
Master’s degree in engineering discipline.
Experience in SDA and Indication and Warning (I&W) mission areas.
Experience supporting NRO SIGINT/GEOINT SPOs and/or familiarity with SIGINT/GEOINT operations.
Familiarity with NRO’s System’s Engineering Directorate (SED) and its Requirements Development/Management, RFC, and Lifecycle Readiness processes.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies including participation in scrums, development of solution epics/features, and continuous integra
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
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