GEOINT Flight Engineer
Company: SAIC
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: May 12, 2022
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Job Description:
*Description**JOB DESCRIPTION: *SAIC is seeking GEOINT Flight
Engineers to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory
(SETA) services in support of our National Reconnaissance Office
(NRO) customer in Chantilly, VA. GEOINT Flight Engineers play a key
role in helping the government integrate satellites into its
operational baseline. The professionals will be involved throughout
the development lifecycle by analyzing and developing concepts of
operations, requirements, participating in design reviews,
analyzing test results during verification and validation,
coordinating with satellite operators to ensure validity of
operational processes and procedures, through vehicle launch and
initialization. As a SETA, he/she will often work multiple projects
and related tasks with the expectation he/she will address broad,
strategic issues (e.g. policies, concept of operations, stakeholder
engagement, contract management) as well as tactical concerns
(e.g., near-term schedules, testing, readiness reviews). He/she
must be a self-starter who takes the initiative to address the
government s tasks, and proactively identifies risks, issues, and
opportunities; assesses, develops, and communicates recommendations
for solutions or courses of action.*Primary Responsibilities:**
Oversee satellite integration readiness, working with other
contractors and government personnel (often across multiple sites
and organizational levels) and provide unbiased analysis with
recommendations on courses of actions or approaches to exploit an
opportunity.* Assess integration activities in the context of
cross-systems dependencies (technical, resource, and schedule) and
present unbiased findings, analysis, and recommendations to the
government managers.* Participate in project or system reviews,
milestones, and/or decision gates and represent the government s
interests with other stakeholders.* Support government requests for
systems engineering and integration studies; process analysis and
design; project management process assessments, etc. with a focus
on process and resource efficiencies. He/she will present their
analysis and present recommendations for implementation.* Support
the development or assessment of system Concept of Operations,
Requirements Documents, Test Plans, Contract Statements of Work,
Systems Engineering Plans, as well as contribute to the staff work
requirements for the government (e.g. action items, weekly reports,
etc.) to include support to government acquisitions and source
selections.*Qualifications*TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and
twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years
or more experience*Required: ** Bachelor s Degree in Science,
Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) Degree (contract
requirement) * Technical knowledge of spacecraft systems (bus,
payload) and subsystems (attitude and control systems, propulsion,
life support systems, etc.), ground communications and mission data
processing systems, space vehicle mission planning and command and
control systems.* Knowledge of orbital mechanics.* Space
operations/policy.* Spacecraft and launch vehicle engineering.*
Space-borne reconnaissance & surveillance.* Familiarity with GEOINT
systems*Desired Experience:** Real-time operations experience as a
spacecraft operator or spacecraft engineer.* Polished communicator;
master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders
-- consensus builderTS/SCI with polygraph is required COVID Policy:
Prospective and/or new employees will be required to adhere with
SAIC's vaccination policy. All SAIC employees must be fully
vaccinated and they must submit proof of vaccination on their first
day of employment. Prospective or new employees may seek an
exemption to the vaccination requirement at [Contact Us]( and must
have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment.
Customer site vaccination requirements, if more strict, will take
precedence over SAIC's vaccination policy. Covid Policy: SAIC does
not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site
vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at
a customer site.
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