Payload Systems Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Company: SAIC
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: May 9, 2020

Job Description:

Description

SAIC is seeking a Payload

Engineering with broad technical expertise

in spacecraft payload design and requirements development. The position will be located in Chantilly, VA.

In this role, you will be an integral participant in payload architecture trades,

requirements development and verification and test. Key areas of focus include

payload architecture and design evaluations, payload subsystem requirements

analysis, evaluation of requirements allocations to unit levels and proposal

technical evaluations.

The following tasks are representative of

those that will be accomplished at the request of the customer:

• 
  
• Support
  
  the customer in the oversight of the development and documentation of the
  
  specifications associated with his or her assigned area
• Provide
  
  expert advice concerning
  
  
  • 
    
  • Feasibility of new payloads and payload
    
    functionality enhancements
  • Specifications, ICDs and payload subsystem/unit level requirements
    
    documentation pertaining to his/her assigned area
  • Review,
    
    analyze and coordinate any changes to specifications associated with his/her
    
    assigned area
    
    
    
  • Review
    
    payload requirements allocations for accuracy and ensure requirement allocation
    
    documentation is complete and accurate
    
    
    • 
      
    • Provide
      
      recommendations to the USG regarding acceptability of payload compliance to
      
      requirements as it pertains to his/her assigned area
    • Support
      
      system sell-off events as these pertain to his/her assigned area
    • Track
      
      development issues, significant accomplishments and upcoming events and provide
      
      weekly status updates to the customer
    • Attend
      
      space system and payload level design reviews and program management reviews to
      
      assess design maturity, requirements compliance as it pertains to his/her
      
      assigned area and to provide informed technical recommendations to the USG
    • Identify
      
      and assess emerging risks; develop and evaluate proposed burn-down plans
    • Provide
      
      expert advice/analysis on requirements development and interface considerations
      
      for new payload developments
      
      
      
    • Provide
      
      support to launch and satellite on-orbit test as required by the customer
    • Attend
      
      branch meetings as appropriate at the request of the customer to coordinate
      
      support activities
    • Provide
      
      technical evaluation of payload efforts in contractor Engineering Change
      
      Proposals (ECPs)
    • Attend
      
      contractor milestone reviews (e.g. PDR, CDR, pre-test, pre-ship and other
      
      meetings) to provide technically based recommendations regarding satisfaction
      
      of review entrance and exit criteria
    • Provide
      
      support to factory integration and test activities as required
    • Develop
      
      productive relationships with prime contractor counterparts, functional
      
      counterparts, and other payload and payload subsystem subject matter experts
    • Advise
      
      and mentor USG Payload payload systems engineering and payload subsystem
      
      personnel regarding his/her assigned area
      
      Qualifications
      
      • 
        
      • Active TS/SCI with Poly
      • Bachelors degree
        
        in engineering discipline required
      • 14+ years professional experience with spacecraft systems engineering, payload design, manufacture, and test
      • Basic
        
        understanding of DOD/IC satellite systems and architectures
      • Experience
        
        in DOD/IC acquisition and program management processes
      • Ability to travel domestically
        
        
        
        Desired Qualifications:
        
        Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
        
      • Experience with DOORS
      • Experience with Matlab
      • RF hardware/architecture knowledge or narrow-band/baseband communication hardware/architecture knowledge

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