Ground Flight Engineer (ESS-JR)

XMSTART is looking to add a junior full-time Ground Flight Engineer to join our team, in Chantilly, VA. This position is 100% Onsite.

The selected candidate will provide support for GEOINT mission systems, assisting government planning and oversee the integration of GEOINT satellites and mission capabilities.

Security Clearance Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph
• Technical knowledge of spacecraft systems (bus, payload) and subsystems (attitude and control systems, propulsion, life support systems, etc) ground communications and missions data processing systems, space vehicle mission planning and command and control systems
• Knowledge of orbital mechanics and associated analytical tools
• Experience with GEOINT mission (ground and space) systems
• Experience with mission readiness process, control gates, and associated entry/exit criteria

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) field required (contractual requirement) and three (3) years or more relevant experience; Master’s and one (1) year or more experience.

Responsibilities:

• Advise and assist the government with the planning, engineering, integration, and O&M activities of ground systems
• Analyze and document site system architecture and impacts associated with system updates/deliveries
• Collaborate with Headquarter Directorates, site organizations, and mission partners to ensure understanding of project requirements and risks (cost, schedule, technical)
• Document, develop, and deliver analysis, recommendations, plans, reports/briefings to the Government

Qualifications:

• Serves as the government’s technical advisor for GEOINT mission systems, from spacecraft bus and payloads, command and control and processing systems, to various operational constructs.
• Assist the government in identifying mission needs, operational concepts, and requirements to effectively influence acquisition and budget efforts.
• Assess integration activities in the context of cross-systems dependencies (technical, resource, and schedule) and present unbiased findings, analysis, and recommendations to government managers.
• Provide “ground truth” technical assessments of project or system reviews, milestones, and/or decision gates; identify risks, issues, opportunities, mitigations; represent the government’s interests with other stakeholders.
• Support government requests for systems engineering and integration studies, process analysis and design, project management assessments, etc.; provide analysis, recommendations, and take necessary actions.
• 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” needs of the government (e.g., action items, weekly reports, etc.) to include support to government acquisitions and source selections.
• Proactively collaborate with government personnel and other contractors (often across multiple sites and organizational levels) to provide unbiased analysis and recommendations on courses of actions to address risks/issues or approaches to exploit an opportunity.

Desired/Preferred Qualifications:

• Forward thinking self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements without supervision; readily defines solutions for broad, abstract topics.
• Polished, persuasive communicator (written/verbal), master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder.
• Impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment—confident interacting with highest levels of government senior executives.
• Familiar with Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile development, cloud technologies.