Configuration & Data Manager (Secret clearance)

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in the DoD? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution.

At Maxar, you’ll work with the U.S. Space Force as part of the effort to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of resilient Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters to defeat our enemies in battle.  Within this role, you will support a broad spectrum of Configuration Management functions, engaging with multiple performers and government organizations to aid in the delivery and sustainment of a complex system of systems. Your functional expertise, communication and collaboration skills, and attention to detail will be vital as you contribute to the acquisition and development of space sensing capabilities.

Join our team and create the future of Remote Sensing in the Space Force.  Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications:

• Secret clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

• 5+ years of experience supporting Configuration Management (CM) and Data Management (DM) activities in space, ground, software, and hardware systems for Major Defense Acquisition Programs

• Experience identifying, analyzing, and reporting impacts to the technical baseline through technical reports and impact assessments and recommending solutions, mitigation, alternatives, and corrective actions at control board meetings

• Experience developing and managing program documents IAW Government-directed control board actions, including Interface Control Documents (ICDs), program specs, Data Acquisition Lists (DALs), Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and technical orders

• Ability to develop and maintain a government repository of all ICDs, Engineering Memos, Requirements Documents, and Spec Trees from all stakeholders that will be available across the Remote Sensing Capability Areas

• Ability to facilitate, manage, brief, and participate in Government and program engineering review boards and change control boards, such as program level Change Control Board (CCB) meetings, Engineering Review Board (ERB) meetings, and working group meetings

• Ability to perform multiple systems engineering and program management functions in support of program milestones, including the Functional and Physical Configuration Audits

• Ability to establish collaborative relationships with government clients, Federally Funded Research and Developmental Centers (FFRDC), and associate contractor teammates to achieve program goals

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with space-based remote sensing systems

• Experience using Model-Based Systems Engineering approach to manage system definitions and technical baselines

• Experience working with large amounts of data

• Experience using metrics to improve processes and ensure consistency and standardization across the organization

• Experience planning and executing program reviews throughout the life cycle of the system

• Knowledge of DoD 5000.01/02

• TS/SCI clearance

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification, including ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP

• Configuration Management Training Foundation (CMTF) CICM Certification

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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.